Author: Robert Duff

Cloudy skies with possible rain showers greeted 8 children and 7 adults for a total of 15 visitors from the 67th London Brownies for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, November 10th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Kendra Kellogg presented the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System” and fielded questions. She followed Read More …

Clear skies greeted 22 children and 15 adults (not including one toddler) for a total of 37 visitors from the 99th London Sparks for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, November 9th, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez presented the digital slide presentation “Constellations” and fielded questions. Tony followed this with Read More …

Cloudy skies greeted 10 visitors from the Space Society of London (SSoL) for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, November 5th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez presented the digital slide presentation “Extra Solar Planets” and fielded questions. Tony followed this with the activity “Transit Demo”, using the “Transit Demo” model—a Read More …

Mostly clear skies with a few clouds later greeted 27 visitors (18 children and 9 adults) from the 2nd Thamesford Brownies and Guides for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, November 4th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Laura Lenkic presented the digital slide presentation “The Girl Guide Astronomy Badge” and fielded questions. Read More …

Clear skies greeted 21 children and 15 adults (including 2 leaders) for a total of 36 visitors from the 67th London Sparks for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Kendra Kellogg was going to present the slide presentation “Constellations” but the program would not load. Read More …