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Cloudy skies and cold temperatures greeted 9 visitors to the Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, February 14th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made the digital slide presentation "Our Active Sun".
Hazy cloudy skies greeted 25 visitors (16 children and 9 adults) from St. George’s Public School Grade-6 class for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, February 10th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation “Smaller Bits of Our Solar System” and fielded questions. Shannon followed this with the Read More …
Clear skies and cold weather greeted 26 visitors from the 77th Masonville Cub Scouts for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, February 5th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. There were 20 children—including 19 Cubs—and 6 adults for a total of 26 visitors. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation “The History of Space Read More …
Cloudy skies greeted 21 visitors (13 children and 8 adults) from the Northdale Central Public School (Dorchester) Grade-6 class for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, February 4th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe made the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System” and fielded questions. Dilini followed this with the activity “Kitchen Read More …
Cloudy skies with occasional snow flurries greeted 22 visitors (14 children and 8 adults) from the 81st and 98th London Girl Guides for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge”. Tony followed this with Read More …