Category: Outreach & Education

Cloudy skies with some light rain greeted 28 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 4th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Earth Sciences graduate student Jeff Berger made his digital slide presentation “Exploring Mars with Curiosity” before 24 visitors (19 adults and 5 children). There were 4 later arrivals in the evening for Read More …

Clear skies, with some hazy clouds later, greeted some 400 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory for the Transit of Mercury, Monday, May 9th, 2016. Events and activities began at 7:00 a.m., with Mercury beginning its transit at 7:12 a.m. and ending at 2:42 p.m. EDT. School groups, including 165 children and 57 adults, arrived Read More …

Clear skies with some clouds greeted 2 groups totaling 40 visitors from the OACUHO 2016 Spring Conference to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, May 30th, 2016, arriving 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., respectively. The visitors were from the Ontario Association of College and University Housing Officers 2016 Spring Conference, being held May 30th—June 2nd, 2016 Read More …

Mostly cloudy, later partly clearing skies, greeted some 120 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 28th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Postdoctoral fellow Andrew Pon made some 5 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Top 10 Bizarre Tales of Astronomy.” RASC London Centre member Bob Duff counted 57 visitors in the lecture Read More …

Cloudy, later partly clearing hazy skies greeted some 42 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 21st, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Professor Paul Wiegert presented the digital slide presentation “Constellations” before some 33 visitors. There were 9 additional people who went directly upstairs into the dome for a total of 42 visitors Read More …