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Partly cloudy skies with hazy clouds greeted 23 visitors (13 children and 10 adults) from the 67th Brownies of London for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, March 18th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge” and followed this with the activity, Read More …
Graduate student Parshati Patel began the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge” before 13 visitors (10 children and 3 adults) from the 69th Guides of London, at the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Monday, March 17th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. They were later joined in the dome by one man, bringing the Read More …
Clear skies with some clouds greeted around 50 visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, March 8th, 2014, 7:00 p.m. There were 34 people (including 6 children) when graduate student Shannon Hicks began the digital slide presentation “Extra Solar Planets”. There were 7 more arrivals bringing the total to 41 with perhaps 3 leaving Read More …
Clear skies greeted 14 lady visitors (including 12 girls) from the group GEMS for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, March 6th, 2014. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe made the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System” beginning around 7:25 p.m. Dilini immediately followed this with the activity “Kitchen Comet”, making a comet from dry Read More …
Mostly clear skies greeted 46 visitors (35 children and 11 adults) from the London Mosque Scouts for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, March 5th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Cub Astronomy Badge” and immediately followed this with the “Constellations” activity, distributing some Read More …