Category: Cronyn Observatory

Clear skies greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, 4th October, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe made her digital slide presentation "Jupiter".  The talk finished at 7:30 p.m. and was attended by 26 adults and 7 children.

Clear skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory for International Observe the Moon Night, Saturday, September 6th, 2014, 4:00—10:00 p.m. Scheduled events included a Rover Exhibit (4:00—6:15 p.m.) Kids Activities (5:30 p.m.—), Public Talk, Panel Discussion, Raffle Draw & Art Contest Prizes and Telescope Viewing (5:00—10:00 p.m.). There were estimated to be more than 100 Read More …

Partly cloudy, later clearing skies greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, August 30th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Kendra Kellogg made her digital slide presentation “Our Connection to the Cosmos”.

Clear skies enticed a good crowd to the Cronyn Observatory; however, as dusk set in fast-moving clouds from the northeast almost completely obscured the sky for about an hour. It was only towards 10:00 p.m. that the clouds dissipated, finally allowing an unobstructed view of a fairly transparent, clear sky with good seeing.

Cloudy skies and rain greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, August 16th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Postdoctoral fellow David Stock made his digital slide presentation “Telescopes in Space” and fielded questions. Graduate student Matt Shannon was crowd manager. There were 27 visitors for the slide lecture, counted around 8:52 p.m., with Read More …