Your local chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Center activities to promote astronomy education.
Partly cloudy skies greeted some 100 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 10th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Professor Martin Houde made 3 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Submillimetre Astronomy” and fielded questions. Undergraduate students Angus Keith was “crowd manager.” There were 48 visitors at the first slide presentation, 28 at Read More …
Partly cloudy skies greeted 142 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 3rd, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Professor Stan Metchev made 3 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Towards Finding Other Earths” and fielded questions. He preceded these presentations with a spectacular NASA video featuring the latest pictures from the Juno spacecraft Read More …
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.
Clear skies greeted 85 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 27th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Professor Aaron Sigut presented the digital slide presentation “Are We Alone?” and fielded questions. Undergraduate student Tina Yu was “crowd manager” and welcomed people at the entrance, counting 60 visitors by 9:20 p.m. and 85 by Read More …
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 …