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Mostly clear skies with a few clouds greeted 77 visitors (including 67 students and 10 staff members) from the SHAD program, for evening observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, July 18th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. They were welcomed by Professor Jan Cami and graduate students Viraja Khatu and Amanda DeSouza. The SHAD program is for Read More …
Partly cloudy, later clearing skies greeted some 123 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 15th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Josh Hedgepeth made 3 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Life in the Universe” and fielded questions. Graduate student Amanda DeSouza was “crowd manager” and counted 53 and 54 visitors Read More …
Cloudy skies with some light rain greeted 79 visitors (including 68 students and 11 adults) from the SHAD program, for solar observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, July 12th, 2017, 2:00 p.m. The SHAD program is for highly gifted high school students from across Canada. They were welcomed in the lecture room by Professor Read More …
Clear skies greeted some 111 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 8th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Professor Margaret Campbell-Brown made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “Meteor Showers” and fielded questions. Undergraduate student Josh Folkerson was “crowd manager” for the evening and counted a total of 111 visitors.
Mostly clear skies greeted some 32 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 1st, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Undergraduate student Meet Panchal made 3 presentations of his digital slide presentation on “Gravitational Waves” and fielded questions. Graduate student Richard Bloch was “crowd manager” for the evening and counted a total of 32 Read More …