Your local chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Partly cloudy hazy skies greeted some 20 visitors for a Star Night near the boat launch area in Fanshawe Conservation Area on Sunday, July 5th, 2015, around 9:00 p.m. RASC London Centre members with telescopes included Rick Saunders, 80mm Stellarvue refractor; Harold Tutt, 80mm Stellarvue Nighthawk refractor; Rob McNeil, Williams Optics 72mm refractor; and Norman Read More …
Clear hazy skies greeted some 104 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, July 4th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Emily McCullough made her digital slide presentation “Pluto”, featuring the latest pictures and data from the New Horizons spacecraft, due to make its flyby of Pluto on July 14th. There were some 80 Read More …
On Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1st, 2015, Eldon House hosted a fundraising event with guests paying $70.00 for dinner and seats on the west lawn to watch the fireworks across the Thames River in Harris Park. Building on the success of the April 12th, 2015, celebration of 19th Century Star Gazing for Yuri Gagarin Night Read More …
Cloudy skies and rain greeted 14 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, June 27th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Professor Margaret Campbell-Brown made her digital slide presentation “When World’s Collide: Comets, Asteroids and the Earth”.
Partly cloudy skies greeted some 50 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, June 20th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Sahar Rahmani made the first of 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “The Life Cycle of the Stars”, before an audience of some 18 people. With more people arriving she made her Read More …