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Partly cloudy skies greeted some 48, possibly 62 visitors, to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Friday, June 2nd, 2017, 8:00—10:00 p.m. The occasion was the 2017 Synchro Canada Espoir Synchronized Swimming Championships, being held May 30th—June 4th, 2017, with 250 young athletes (ages 11—15) participating at the Western Sports & Recreation Center.
Cloudy skies with light rain greeted 31 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 13th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made 2 presentations of the digital slide presentation “The Final Mission of the Cassini Spacecraft” and fielded questions. There were 20 visitors for the first slide presentation and 5 Read More …
As Reported by Everett Clark Cloudy skies with rain greeted 40 visitors (including 15 children) to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 13th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Professor Pauline Barmby presented the digital slide presentation “Connecting People and the Universe” and fielded questions.
Cloudy skies with rain greeted 8 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 6th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Professor Els Peeters presented the digital slide presentation “Carbon in the Universe: Our Cosmic Roots” and fielded questions. Graduate student Taranpreet Kaur was in charge of “crowd control” and talked with the visitors. There Read More …
Cloudy skies with rain greeted more than 200 Grade-8 students with adult leaders from the Early Outreach Conference for a tour of Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Friday, May 5, 2017, 1:00 p.m. The Early Outreach Conference (REACH) is an annual University Student Council (USC) week-end long conference introducing low-income youth to post-secondary educational opportunities.