Category: Outreach & Education

Hazy skies greeted 146 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 30th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “What Makes a Planet Habitable?” and fielded questions. Graduate student Collin Knight was in charge of “crowd control” and counted 146 visitors for the Read More …

Hazy skies greeted 37 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory for Asteroid Day, Saturday, June 30th, 2018, 6:00—8:00 p.m. This special event was hosted by 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. Asteroid Day is held each year Read More …

Partly clear, later cloudy skies greeted 46 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 23rd, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Mark Froncisz presented his digital slide presentation “Exploring the Outer Planets” and fielded questions. RASC London member Bob Duff counted 18 visitors in the lecture room at 8:30 p.m. and 37 Read More …

Mostly clear skies with some hazy clouds greeted some 47 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 16th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Keegan Marr made 2 presentations of the digital slide presentation “Star Formation” and fielded questions. RASC London member Bob Duff counted 35 people in the first lecture, 8 Read More …

Cloudy skies with light rain (drizzle) later in the evening greeted 28 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 9th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Ben George presented the digital slide presentation “Brown Dwarfs and Their Potential for Finding Exoplanets” and fielded questions. Graduate student Megan Tannock was initially at the Read More …