Category: Exploring the Stars

Partly cloudy skies greeted 9 visitors (8 adults and 1 child) of a private group for a birthday celebration with an evening of Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, November 25th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez presented the digital slide presentation “Big Bang” and fielded questions. Tony followed this with Read More …

Mostly cloudy skies with some hazy clearing later in the evening greeted 41 visitors (21 children and 20 adults) from the 1st Salford Cubs for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, November 23rd, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe presented the digital slide presentation “Cub Scout Astronomy Badge” and fielded questions. Read More …

Clear hazy skies greeted 7 visitors from the English Conversation Program (ECP) for an evening of Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, November 16th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made a brief presentation of the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System” and then showed them stars and constellations with the Read More …

Cloudy skies with possible rain showers greeted 8 children and 7 adults for a total of 15 visitors from the 67th London Brownies for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, November 10th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Kendra Kellogg presented the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System” and fielded questions. She followed Read More …

Clear skies greeted 22 children and 15 adults (not including one toddler) for a total of 37 visitors from the 99th London Sparks for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, November 9th, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez presented the digital slide presentation “Constellations” and fielded questions. Tony followed this with Read More …