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Partly cloudy skies greeted 12 visitors (10 students and 2 teachers) from The London School, Grades 8, 9 and 11, for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, November 7th, 2017, 12:00 Noon—2:00 p.m. Graduate student Viraja Khatu presented the digital slide presentation “Black Holes” and fielded questions. Viraja followed this with the Read More …
The skies were mostly clear for 3 visitors from the Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Friday, November 3rd, 2017, 10:00 p.m. (This was following the earlier group from Knox Presbyterian Church Youth Group, scheduled, 7:00—9:00 p.m.)
A mostly clear sky greeted 13 visitors (6 children and 7 adults) from the Knox Presbyterian Church Youth Group, for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Friday, November 3rd, 2017, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Jeff Vankerkhove presented the digital slide presentation “Constellations” and fielded questions. This was followed with the “Constellations Activity,” with Read More …
Cloudy skies with some light rain greeted 48 visitors (23 children and 25 adults) from the Matthews Hall School STEM Club, for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, November 2nd, 2017, 6:30 p.m. They were welcomed by graduate students Viraja Khatu and Amanda DeSouza. Viraja presented the digital slide presentation “The Stuff Read More …
Partly cloudy, clearing skies, greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory for the 8th Annual International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN), Saturday, October 28th, 2017, 5:00—9:00 p.m. This event was hosted by Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), in partnership with the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Engineering’s Rocketry, the Canadian Lunar Read More …