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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.
Cloudy, later clearing, skies greeted 57 visitors (43 adults and 14 children) to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 7th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Professor Jan Cami made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “The Transit of Mercury of May 9, 2016,” with the second presentation at 10:00—10:30 p.m. This was in Read More …
Clear skies greeted some 60 or more enthusiastic children and parents for the Star Night at Matthews Hall School in London, Thursday, April 14th, 2016, 8:00 p.m. The Star Night involved the whole school from JK to Grade-8 and outdoor lighting was turned off for better viewing through telescopes.