Upcoming Events
18.05.2012 19:00
Fanshawe College, London, ON
Monthly Meeting
19.05.2012
opposition
Juno at opposition
19.05.2012
apogee
Moon at apogee
19.05.2012 19:00
Fingal Conservation Area, Fingal, ON
Fingal Dark Sky Observing Weekend
19.05.2012 20:30
University of Western Ontario
Cronyn Observatory Open House
Our Next Meeting is May 18 - 7pm
Stay posted to see what the topic for this month's meeting is going to be.
Pocket Sky-Atlas Challenges for May
Sky and Telescope's "Pocket Sky-Atlas" is a wonderful resource for all amateur astronomers. These challenges are designed for spicing up your observing.
Sky and Telescope Magazine's "Pocket Sky Atlas" has found a place in the tool kit of many amateur astronomers. The convenient size makes it easy to use at the telescope without requiring a separate chart table.
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Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Cloudy skies greeted 26 visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Saturday Summer Open House, May 12th, 2012, beginning 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Shokoofeh Nourbakhsh made the digital slide presentation, Constellations, before the initial group of 20 visitors. They were all smiles when they came upstairs into the dome, excited to see the telescope.
Read more...Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, May 5th, 2012
Despite clear daytime weather, clouds rolled in by evening for the Cronyn Observatory Saturday Summer Open House, May 5th, 2012, beginning 8:30 p.m. Astronomy faculty member Dr. Els Peeters showed the Venus transit information slide and then made her digital slide presentation, The PAH Universe, concerning Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons detected in space by spectroscope.
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