Cloudy skies greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 12th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Faculty member Dr. Jan Cami made 3 presentations of the digital slide presentation “Orbits: The Motion of Planetary Bodies”.  Graduate student Mat Abado was crowd manager and counted 53 people by 8:52 p.m. with an estimated total Read More …

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 …

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.

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 …