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Center activities to promote astronomy education.
Partly cloudy hazy skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory for solar observing in the afternoon and evening stargazing, Saturday, September 26th, 2015, 3:00—11:00 p.m. This was in celebrations of Western University’s Homecoming weekend, September 25th—27th, 2015.
Cloudy, later clearing skies and a north wind greeted nearly 200 visitors to the Cronyn Observatory for the 6th annual International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN), Saturday, September 19th, 2015, 5:00—10:00 p.m. This worldwide celebration of the Moon was hosted locally by Western University’s Physics and Astronomy Department Exploring the Stars program, CPSX (Centre for Read More …
The skies were mostly clear as RASC London Centre Past President and Public Outreach Coordinator Dave McCarter and fellow members Harold Tutt and Gaetan Godin set up their telescopes for a Star Night at Pittock Conservation Area near Woodstock, Ontario, Saturday, August 22nd, 2015. Dave brought his 25.4cm Dobsonian; Harold, his 80mm Stellarvue Nighthawk refractor Read More …
Cloudy skies greeted 37 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, August 29th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Postdoctoral fellow David Stock made his digital slide presentation “Dawn: Exploring New Worlds” before and audience of 28 visitors (including 7 children) by around 8:55 p.m. There were some 37 visitors by the end of the evening.
Mostly clear skies greeted some 69 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, August 22nd, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Undergraduate student Ian Mulholland made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Light; Beyond What the Eye Can See”. RASC London Centre member Bob Duff counted 18 visitors in the dome and 27 in the Read More …