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Center activities to promote astronomy education.
Clear skies greeted some 80 visitors, including grade-6 children with their parents and siblings and teacher, for a star night at Byron Northview Public School, Wednesday, May 1st, 2013. RASC London Centre Past President Dave McCarter began his twilight outdoor digital slide presentation “The Telescope: Instrument of Discovery” around 8:00 p.m.
Partly cloudy skies greeted 18 visitors (12 children and 6 adults) from the 66th London Brownies for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, April 30th, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Emily McCullough made her digital slide presentation “Brownies Exploring Space.” Emily distributed 12 “Star Finder” planispheres and 12 “Moon Gazers’ Guide” cards and Read More …
RASC London Centre Past President Dave McCarter made his digital slide presentation “The Telescope: Instrument of Discovery” in the Parkhill Public Library on Thursday, April 18th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. There was an audience of 6 children, under 14 years of age, and 4 adult library patrons. The weather was extremely wet so Dave did not Read More …
Clear skies with some clouds greeted 16 visitors from the group Plenty of Fish for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Emily McCullough made her digital slide presentation, “Neat Stuff Nearby in the Universe” before 15 people, soon joined by one more for a total of Read More …
Cloudy skies greeted 14 visitors (11 children and 3 adults) from the 3rd London Guides for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Allison Hill made the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge.” She then distributed 14 “Star Finder” plansipheres to the group and Read More …