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Center activities to promote astronomy education.
Cloudy skies with occasional light rain greeted some 23 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 22nd, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Geophysics and Planetary Science graduate student Alyssa Werynski presented her digital slide presentation “A Tour of the Solar System” and fielded questions. Undergraduate student Sunny Xiyang was “crowd manager,” welcoming and Read More …
Clear skies greeted 62 visitors (students and staff members) from the Summer Academic Writing Clinic for incoming first-year students, for evening observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, July 19th, 2017, 8:30—11:00 p.m. Professor Robert Cockcroft made the digital slide presentation “Celestial Bear: The Six Nations’ Night Sky.” This was followed by the visitors dividing Read More …
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 …