It was a wonderful night of astronomy at the Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory public night that was held on Saturday, May 23, 2015.
About 70 members of the public participated.
Astronomer Stan Metchev presented his talk titled “Finding Other Earths” three times during the evening.
Upstairs, Paul Wiegert operated the 25cm. refractor.
Out on the deck there were 4 telescopes run by both members of the London Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC), as well as Physics and Astronomy graduate students.
It was a magnificent clear still night for planetary observing, and Venus, Jupiter, as well as the rising Saturn turned up for the party. Moons of both Jupiter and Saturn were observed.
Our Earth’s own moon was also observed in the 25cm. refractor for most of the evening. Peter Jedicke showed what modern technology can achieve by taking photos of the moon and Saturn through his smartphone.
Volunteers were Professor Stan Metchev, Professor Paul Wiegert , RASC members Peter Jedicke, Bob Duff, Steve Gauthier, Dale Armstrong, Tricia Colvin, Mark Tovey, Roman Dubinski, graduate student Emily McCullough, and RASC and P&A staff member Henry Leparskas.
Great photos!