Category: Exploring the Stars

Partly cloudy skies with hazy clouds greeted 31 visitors (28 students and 3 adults) from the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School Grade-9 class for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, March 25th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made the digital slide presentation The Big Bang and then proceeded with his Read More …

Cloudy skies with snow flurries greeted 23 visitors (18 children and 5 adults) from the 82nd London Guides for Exploring the Stars, at the Cronyn Observatory, Monday, March 24th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge and, after fielding some questions, brought everybody upstairs Read More …

Cloudy skies greeted 37 visitors (27 children and 10 adults) from the Arthur Stringer Public School Grade-6/7 class for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, March 20th, 2014, 6:45 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe made her digital slide presentation Mars and answered questions. Dilini immediately followed this with the activity Constellations, distributing some 26 Read More …

Cloudy skies with some light rain greeted 25 visitors (16 children and 9 adults) from the 68th B London Beaver Colony for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, March 19th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation “The Cub Scout Astronomy Badge” and answered questions.

Partly cloudy skies with hazy clouds greeted 23 visitors (13 children and 10 adults) from the 67th Brownies of London for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, March 18th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge” and followed this with the activity, Read More …