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Mostly clear skies with some hazy clouds greeted some 47 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 16th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Keegan Marr made 2 presentations of the digital slide presentation “Star Formation” and fielded questions. RASC London member Bob Duff counted 35 people in the first lecture, 8 Read More …
Cloudy skies with light rain (drizzle) later in the evening greeted 28 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 9th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Ben George presented the digital slide presentation “Brown Dwarfs and Their Potential for Finding Exoplanets” and fielded questions. Graduate student Megan Tannock was initially at the Read More …
A partly cloudy, hazy, gradually clearing sky greeted 36 visitors (20 students and 16 adults) from the Louise Arbour French Immersion Public School Grade 6 class, for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, June 7th, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Graduate student Viraja Khatu made the digital slide presentation “Black Holes” and fielded questions. Read More …
Cloudy, later mostly clearing skies greeted 54 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 2nd, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Professor Stan Metchev made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “How NASA’s New Space Telescopes Could Soon Detect Extrasolar Life” and fielded questions. Graduate student Ameek Sidhu greeted visitors. She counted 30 Read More …
Partly cloudy, later cloudy skies greeted 23 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 26th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. They were welcomed by undergraduate student Meet Panchal who counted 23 visitors by the end of the evening. Graduate student Ameek Sidhu presented the digital slide presentation “NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto” Read More …