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Clear skies greeted some 60 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 14th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Physics and Astronomy Department Chair Dr. Shantanu Basu made his digital slide presentation “Galaxies” twice during the evening. Visiting professor Dr. Duncan Steel was also there. Graduate student Jeff Vankerkhove was telescope operator and postdoctoral Read More …
Clear skies made for an enjoyable star night held by RASC London Centre members Bob Duff and Dave Clark in a London SoHo neighborhood backyard, Thursday, June 5th, 2014. Bob arranged the event, held in a neighbor’s backyard, following a potluck dinner inviting local neighborhood residents.
Hazy, partly cloudy skies greeted 4 RASC London Centre members to the Springwater Conservation Area Campground near Aylmer, Ontario, Saturday, June 7th, 2014. Dave McCarter brought his 25.4cm Dobsonian; Gaetan Godin, his 20.3cm Home Built Dobsonian; Harold Tutt, his 80mm Stellarvue Night Hawk refractor; and Everett Clark, his 11.4cm Tasco Newtonian on a Super Polaris Read More …
Hazy, partly cloudy skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 7th, 2014, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Neven Vulic made his digital slide presentation Supernova Explosions: Are They Cool or What?! There were 24 visitors present around 8:57 p.m., including one child upstairs in the dome. There may have been around Read More …
RASC London Centre Public Outreach Coordinator and Past President, Dave McCarter made his digital slide presentation The Universe is Awesome! before 21 visitors in the shelter on the east side of the campgrounds at Pittock Conservation Area beside Pittock Reservoir, Saturday, May 31st, 2014. He distributed 21 Star Finder planispheres & several Moon Gazers’Guide cards Read More …