The Search for Life around Ultracool Stars
Join us between 8:30 to 11:00pm and have your chance to look through telescopes, talk to astronomers and ask them questions. No registration is required, you can come and go as you please, making it the perfect activity for a spontaneous night out or a fun date with friends or family. Venue: Cronyn Observatory, […]
Dragonfly: A Rotorcraft Lander at Titan
Join us between 8:30 to 11:00 pm and have your chance to look through telescopes, talk to astronomers and ask them questions. No registration is required, you can come and go as you please, making it the perfect activity for a spontaneous night out or a fun date with friends or family. Venue: Cronyn […]
Interstellar Medium
Join us between 8:30 to 11:00 pm and have your chance to look through telescopes, talk to astronomers and ask them questions. No registration is required, you can come and go as you please, making it the perfect activity for a spontaneous night out or a fun date with friends or family. Venue: Cronyn […]
JWST’s view of the Orion Nebula
Join us between 8:30 to 11:00 pm and have your chance to look through telescopes, talk to astronomers and ask them questions. No registration is required, you can come and go as you please, making it the perfect activity for a spontaneous night out or a fun date with friends or family. Venue: Cronyn […]
Those Glorious Globular Clusters
Join us between 8:30 to 11:00 pm and have your chance to look through telescopes, talk to astronomers and ask them questions. No registration is required, you can come and go as you please, making it the perfect activity for a spontaneous night out or a fun date with friends or family. Venue: Cronyn […]
Space Medicine
Join us between 8:30 to 11:00 pm and have your chance to look through telescopes, talk to astronomers and ask them questions. No registration is required, you can come and go as you please, making it the perfect activity for a spontaneous night out or a fun date with friends or family. Venue: Cronyn […]
CubeSat – A satellite made by Western university students
Join us between 8:30 to 11:00 pm and have your chance to look through telescopes, talk to astronomers and ask them questions. No registration is required, you can come and go as you please, making it the perfect activity for a spontaneous night out or a fun date with friends or family. Venue: Cronyn […]
Robots on Mars! The History and Science of NASA’s Mars Rovers
Join us between 8:30 to 11:00 pm and have your chance to look through telescopes, talk to astronomers and ask them questions. No registration is required, you can come and go as you please, making it the perfect activity for a spontaneous night out or a fun date with friends or family. Venue: Cronyn […]
Doors Open London
Join us between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. as part of Doors Open London. Explore the observatory through immersive tours, live science demonstrations, astronomical viewings through the telescopes, and programming on food and space. Join us for an engaging talk by our Observatory Curator, Professor Mark Tovey, called "From Freeze-Dried Ice Cream to Potatoes on Mars: […]
Nicolaus Copernicus 550th Birthday Celebration
Join us between 7:30 to 11:00pm for a special event celebrating the 550th anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus' birth. The event will feature guest speakers Professor Pauline Barmby and Professor Gordon 'Oz' Osinski discussing Copernicus' life and work. There will also be a special Copernicus exhibition, and stargazing with the observatory telescope. No registration required, you […]
Partial Solar Eclipse
Update: Unfortunately, the weather forecast for this Saturday, Oct 14 2023, is not looking favorable to observe this solar eclipse from London, with predictions of 0 hours of sunshine, and lots of rain. Clearly, in such weather we will sadly not be able to show you the Sun through our telescopes or eclipse glasses. However, […]
International Observe the Moon Night
Join us for a celestial evening at the Cronyn Observatory on Oct 21st to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night! 🌔✨ 🚀 Event Breakdown: 2:00 - 4:30 pm: (Re)naming the Moon - A moon crater drawing workshop 🎨 in collaboration with McIntosh Gallery (Registration required: http://www.events.westernu.ca/events/mcintosh-gallery/2023-10/renaming-the-moon-a-moon.html) 5:00 - 7:00 pm: Moon-themed activities for kids. 7:00 […]