Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, July 16th, 2016

Clear skies greeted an estimated 150 visitors to the Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 16th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Professor Margaret Campbell-Brown made 3 presentations of her digital slide presentation “When Worlds Collide: Asteroids, Comets and the Earth.” Some 119 visitors attended the presentations, including 75 visitors for the first presentation, 18 Read More …

SHAD: Evening Observing at the Cronyn Observatory, July 15th, 2016

Clear, later partly cloudy skies greeted 59 visitors (including 56 students and 3 adults) from the SHAD program, for evening observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Friday, July 15th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. They were welcomed by Professor Jan Cami who gave a telescope talk upstairs in the dome. The SHAD program is for highly gifted Read More …

SHAD: Solar Observing at the Cronyn Observatory, July 15th, 2016

Partly cloudy skies, with a brief rain shower around 2:00 p.m., greeted 60 visitors (including 56 students and 4 adults) from the SHAD program, for solar observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Friday, July 15th, 2016, 2:00 p.m. They were welcomed by Professor Jan Cami who made a digital slide presentation on “Astronomy and Space Read More …

Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, July 9th, 2016

Partly cloudy, later clearing skies greeted some 27 visitors to the Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 9th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Professor Martin Houde made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Submillimetre Astronomy.” There were 18 people for the first slide presentation and 4 for the second slide presentation.