Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, July 5th, 2014

Clear skies greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 5th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Faculty member Dr. Stan Metchev made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “The Moon and Mars: The First Extraterrestrial Colonies”.  Research assistant Dimuthu Hemachandra was crowd manager and counted 78 visitors (62 adults and 16 children) Read More …

Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, June 28th, 2014

Clear skies greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 28th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Faculty member Dr. Paul Wiegert made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Constellations”.  Graduate student Wayne Oswald was crowd manager and greeted 23 arrivals by 9:15 p.m., totalling 73 visitors by the end of the evening.

Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, June 21st, 2014

Mostly clear skies with hazy clouds later in the evening greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 21st, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Sahar Rahmani made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “The Summer Solstice” before an audience numbering 25 people by 8:43 p.m. Postdoctoral fellow Sophia Lianou was Read More …

Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, June 14th, 2014

Clear skies greeted some 60 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 14th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Physics and Astronomy Department Chair Dr. Shantanu Basu made his digital slide presentation “Galaxies” twice during the evening. Visiting professor Dr. Duncan Steel was also there. Graduate student Jeff Vankerkhove was telescope operator and postdoctoral Read More …