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Center activities to promote astronomy education.
Clear skies greeted 23 visitors (12 children and 11 adults) from the Montessori School for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made his digital slide presentation Our Solar System—an updated version including material from the presentation The Small Bodies in Our Solar System—and then Read More …
Cloudy skies with rain showers greeted some 50 visitors (adults and children) for the Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, April 12th, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Graduate students Dilini Subasinghe and Tony Martinez hosted the event. RASC London Centre was represented by Peter Jedicke and Bob Duff, later joined in the dome by Everett Clark. Dilini made Read More …
Cloudy skies with occasional rain greeted 6 visitors (3 children and 3 adults) from a private group for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, April 10th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. They immediately went upstairs into the dome where RASC London Centre member Everett Clark showed them the communications tower in south London through the Read More …
Clear skies greeted 44 visitors (22 children and 22 adults) from the London District Catholic School Board Gifted Grade-8 students for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, April 9th, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made his digital slide presentation Our Solar System — an updated version including material from the presentation The Read More …
Clear skies with a few clouds greeted 16 visitors (10 students and 6 adults) from the Blyth Academy (Grade-9) for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, April 8th, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation Life in the Universe and fielded questions. She followed this with the activity Crater Read More …