Month: June 2016

Clear skies with some clouds greeted 2 groups totaling 40 visitors from the OACUHO 2016 Spring Conference to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, May 30th, 2016, arriving 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., respectively. The visitors were from the Ontario Association of College and University Housing Officers 2016 Spring Conference, being held May 30th—June 2nd, 2016 Read More …

Mostly cloudy, later partly clearing skies, greeted some 120 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 28th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Postdoctoral fellow Andrew Pon made some 5 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Top 10 Bizarre Tales of Astronomy.” RASC London Centre member Bob Duff counted 57 visitors in the lecture Read More …

Cloudy, later partly clearing hazy skies greeted some 42 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 21st, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Professor Paul Wiegert presented the digital slide presentation “Constellations” before some 33 visitors. There were 9 additional people who went directly upstairs into the dome for a total of 42 visitors Read More …

Cloudy skies with rain showers greeted some 30 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 14th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Professor Els Peeters made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “Carbon and Our Cosmic Roots,” with the second presentation to just 2 people.