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Cloudy skies with occasional rain showers greeted 18 visitors (12 adults and 6 children) to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, March 25th, 2017, 8:00 p.m. Graduate student Robin Arnason presented his digital slide presentation “How I Helped Discover a Black Hole (and Lived to Tell the Tale!)”before an audience of 16 visitors and Read More …
As reported by Paul Kerans, Cloudy skies greeted 41 visitors (20 children and 21 adults) from the London District Catholic School Board Grade 7 Enrichment Class for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, March 23rd, 2017, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Kendra Kellogg presented the digital slide presentation “The Life and Times of Stars” Read More …
Clear skies greeted 11 visitors (7 adults and 4 children) of a private family group for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Robin Arnason presented the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System” and fielded questions. Robin followed this with the “Constellations” activity, distributing 9 “Star Read More …
Cloudy skies greeted 25 visitors (14 children and 11 adults / leaders) from the 110th Byron Sparks for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, March 20th, 2017, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Viraja Khatu presented the digital slide presentation “Constellations” and fielded questions. Viraja followed this with the activity “Make Your Own Constellation Read More …
Partly cloudy skies and cold weather greeted 26 visitors (18 children and 8 adults / leaders) from the Ilderton Girl Guides and Pathfinders, Thursday, March 9th, 2017, 6:30 p.m. They were welcomed by graduate students Kendra Kellogg and Viraja Khatu. Kendra presented the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge” and fielded questions. Read More …