Author: Robert Duff

Partly cloudy skies greeted some 40 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, June 13th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Neil Bhatt made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Decoding Starlight”, which was about spectroscopy, to about 10 people in total.

Mostly clear skies with a few hazy clouds greeted some 110 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, June 6th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Neven Vulic made his digital slide presentation “X-Ray Astronomy: No Lead Required” twice during course of the evening. Peter Jedicke counted 95 people before Neven’s second slide talk Read More …

Cloudy skies and damp weather greeted 18 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, May 30th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Professor Els Peeters made her digital slide presentation “Carbon and Our Cosmic Roots” before an audience of about 10 visitors (including 1 child). There were 4 visitors—a couple with 2 children—in the dome. More Read More …

Mostly clear skies greeted an estimated 70 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, May 23rd, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Professor Stan Metchev began the first of 3 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Towards Finding Other Earths” before an audience of about 18 visitors (including 6 children). He made his presentation a second Read More …