Partly cloudy skies and windy weather greeted 15 visitors (including 2 children) from the Best Buddies, Fanshawe College Chapter, for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, April 1st, 7:00 p.m. They included staff and family members from Hutton House, with which Best Buddies is associated. Graduate student Tony Martinez made the digital slide Read More …

Clear skies greeted 32 visitors (21 children and 11 adults) from the 110th Spark’s Unit for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Monday, March 31st, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe made the digital slide presentation Constellations. Dilini immediately followed this with the activity Constellations, distributing 22 Star Finder planispheres and assisted everybody Read More …

Cloudy skies with some rain greeted 22 visitors (13 children and 9 adults) from the London 4th Cub Group for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, March 27th, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe made the digital slide presentation The Cub Scout Astronomy Badge and answered a lot of very good questions. Read More …

Mostly clear skies greeted 40 visitors from Western Law – Student Legal Society for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, March 26th, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation Life in the Universe and fielded questions. She immediately followed this with the activity Kitchen Comet making a comet Read More …

Partly cloudy skies with hazy clouds greeted 31 visitors (28 students and 3 adults) from the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School Grade-9 class for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, March 25th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made the digital slide presentation The Big Bang and then proceeded with his Read More …