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Partly cloudy, hazy skies and cold temperature greeted 49 visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, January 10th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made her digital slide presentation “Exploring Comets” and answered questions. Graduate students Parshati Patel and Emily McCullough operated the big 25.4cm refractor in the dome.
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Clear skies and cold temperature greeted 36 visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, December 6th, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made his digital slide presentation “Calendars and the Measurement of Time” and answered questions. Graduate students Parshati Patel and Jeff Vankerkhove operated the big refractor in the dome.
Cloudy skies greeted 39 visitors (23 children and 16 adults) from the Watford Beavers, including both Beavers and Cubs, for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, November 26th, 2014, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation “The Earth Moon System” and fielded questions. She followed this with the activity Read More …
Mostly cloudy skies greeted 8 visitors (7 children and 1 adult) from a Brownie group for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, November 25th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation “Extra Solar Planets” and fielded questions. Shannon followed this with the activity “Kitchen Comet,” asking the children Read More …