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Cloudy skies with later partial clearing greeted 18 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, August 8th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Undergraduate student Ian Mulholland made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Are We Alone?” RASC London Centre member Bob Duff counted 12 people in Ian’s first slide presentation and Ian counted 7 Read More …
Mostly cloudy skies greeted some 30 visitors for the Lake Whittaker Conservation Area Star Night, Friday, July 24th, 2015. This event was organized by new RASC London Centre member, Scott Vodon, working at the Conservation Area for the summer, and London Centre’s Public Outreach Coordinator, Dave McCarter.
Partly cloudy, later clearing skies greeted some 76 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, August 1st, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Undergraduate student Ian Mulholland made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “A Walk Through the Solar System”. RASC London Centre member Peter Jedicke counted 27 people in Ian’s first slide presentation and Read More …
RASC London Centre member Gary Hink’s hosted a Star Night for his fellow Rona employees at his farm and observatory on Thursday, July 23rd, 2015, 8:00 p.m. There were 4 visitors who showed up. He was joined by fellow London Centre members Dale Armstrong, with his Vernonscope 80mm refractor on a camera tripod; Mike Roffey, Read More …
Partly cloudy, later clearing skies greeted some 70 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, July 25th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Beginning with 3 slides from the New Horizons spacecraft flyby mission of Pluto, Professor Jan Cami made 4 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Fingerprinting the Universe” and “Spectroscopy Demonstration” using 4 low Read More …