Category: Cronyn Observatory

Partly cloudy skies with hazy clouds, later clearing, greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 2nd, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Laura Lenkic made 2 presentations of the digital slide presentation “Small Bodies in the Solar System.” There were some 160 visitors by the end of the evening, and if Read More …

Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) in collaboration with the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Earth Sciences hosted a special event at the Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory on Asteroid Day, Thursday, June 30, 2016. Asteroid Day is held each year on the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska impact Read More …

Partly cloudy skies with some hazy clouds, later clearing, greeted some 130 or more visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 25th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Professor Pauline Barmby made 3 presentations of her digital slide presentation “Space is Hard!” —which concerned the challenges of space exploration and failed missions. There were Read More …

Partly cloudy skies greeted some 130 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 18th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Sebastian Bruzzone made 4 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Direct Imaging: Discovering New Planetary Systems.” There were 52 people at the beginning of the first slide presentation with more people arriving Read More …

Partly cloudy skies, becoming mostly clear by 10:30 p.m., greeted some 130 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 11th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Professor Jan Cami was introduced by colleague Carol Jones and made 4 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Binary Stars: How a Partner Can Change Your Stellar Life.” Read More …