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Some hazy clouds, later clearing sky greeted some 60 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 2nd, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “The Eta Aquarids: Shooting Stars from Halley’s Comet” before an audience of perhaps 50 people for the first presentation and 10 Read More …
RASC London Centre member Peter Jedicke made his digital slide presentation “Our Wonderful Heavens” before some 55 members of the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club in the basement room of Knox Presbyterian Church in St. Thomas, Friday, May 1st, 2015, 19:30h. He was joined by fellow London Centre members Steve Imrie and Dennis Giasson.
Mostly clear skies greeted 6 RASC London Centre members with 5 telescopes for the Star Night at Matthews Hall School in London, Tuesday, April 28th, 2015, 8:00 p.m. Norman McCall set up his Explore Scientific 152mm Maksutov-Newtonian Comet Hunter and was soon joined by Bob Duff with his 20.3cm Meade Starfinder 8 (203mm) Newtonian on Read More …
Partly cloudy skies with some hazy clouds greeted 5 RASC London Centre members for the Sparks Star Night at Camp Orenda, Saturday, April 25th, 2015, 8:00 p.m. They were greeted by 12 Sparks (ages 5-6) and their parents (12 adults) of Sparks Unit 119, who were in the Chapandale Building, and 5 Rangers for a Read More …
Cloudy skies with wet snow flurries greeted 50 visitors (26 children and 24 adults) from St. Kateri Catholic School (Grades 4/5/6) for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System” and fielded questions. Parshati followed this with the activity “Telescope Read More …