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Cloudy skies greeted 7 visitors (3 students and 4 adults, including the teacher) from the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School Grade-9 class for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, March 26th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made 2 digital slide presentations, beginning with “Extra Solar Planets” and following this with “Life in the Read More …
Clear but increasingly hazy skies greeted 15 visitors (10 youth and 5 adults) from the 2nd London Scout Troop for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, March 25th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe made the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge” and fielded questions. Dilini followed this with the Read More …
Clear skies greeted 30 visitors (21 children and 9 adults) from the 59th London Cubs and Scouts for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, March 24th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation “Cubs and Scouts Astronomy Badge” and fielded questions. She followed this with the activity “Constellations”, distributing 21 “Star Read More …
Cloudy skies greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, March 14th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation "Telescopes" and fielded questions. Graduate students Dilini Subasinghe and Emily McCullough worked in the dome. Dilini counted 26 people in Parshati’s slide presentation and, with 7—8 people arriving later Read More …
Clear skies greeted 6 medical students from Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry for a Special Event at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, March 12th, 2015, 9:00—10:00 p.m. (This was following the Exploring the Stars event, 7:00—9:00 p.m.)