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Partly cloudy skies greeted 9 visitors (8 adults and 1 child) of a private group for a birthday celebration with an evening of Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, November 25th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez presented the digital slide presentation “Big Bang” and fielded questions. Tony followed this with Read More …
Mostly cloudy skies with some hazy clearing later in the evening greeted 41 visitors (21 children and 20 adults) from the 1st Salford Cubs for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, November 23rd, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe presented the digital slide presentation “Cub Scout Astronomy Badge” and fielded questions. Read More …
Clear hazy skies greeted 7 visitors from the English Conversation Program (ECP) for an evening of Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, November 16th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made a brief presentation of the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System” and then showed them stars and constellations with the Read More …
Partly cloudy skies greeted visitors to the second day of Western University’s Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory 75th Anniversary celebration, Sunday, October 25th, 2015, 2:00—5:00 p.m. The agenda included another re-enactment of the 1940 opening ceremony, followed by tours of the Observatory by Professor Jan Cami. There was solar observing through filtered telescopes on the Observatory’s Read More …
Cloudy, rainy skies, with some partial clearing later in the evening greeted visitors to Western University’s Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory 75th Anniversary celebration, Saturday, October 24th, 2015, 6:30—11:00 p.m. There was a private ceremony for invited guests, 6:30—8:00 p.m. Professor Jan Cami was the MC with welcome remarks from Professor Bob Sica, the Chair of Read More …