Author: Robert Duff

Mostly clear skies greeted 19 visitors (13 children and 6 adults) from Saunders Secondary School Grade-9 class to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Thursday, November 13th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Since there was some concern as to whether the sky would remain clear, graduate student Parshati Patel directed everybody upstairs into the dome at Read More …

Cloudy skies greeted 25 visitors (including 17 children and 8 adults) from the homeschoolers group Kids Learning Connections to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Wednesday, November 12th, 2014, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation "Extra Solar Planets" and used the "Transit Demo" model—a kind of extra-solar planet orrery—to Read More …

Cloudy skies with some light rain greeted 13 visitors (9 children and 4 adults) from Al-Taqwa Islamic Secondary School for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, November 11th, 2014, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation “Big Bang” and fielded questions.

Cloudy skies and rain greeted 14 visitors (including 9 children and 5 adults) from Saunders Secondary School (Grade-9) for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, November 6th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez began with the activity “Kitchen Comet” explaining what a comet was and then making a comet with dry ice Read More …

Clear skies with some hazy clouds greeted 12 visitors (11 students and 1 teacher) from the London Central Secondary School Grade 9—11 classes for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, November 5th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation “Galaxies” and then fielded questions.