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For photos of all past events, see [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/143414768@N07/albums][Our Flickr Page]].  
For lecture recordings, see [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpslw1KdoUvnCKi0swsb23w/videos][Our YouTube Page]].<br>

To learn more about each event this year (including abstracts, titles, etc.), click on the event links below.


---++++ Friday, February 19, 7-9PM
[[20160219][Lecture and Stargazing - An Archaeological Road Trip with the Keck Telescopes]]<br>
*[[Lecturer]]*: Evan Kirby<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Anna Ho, Ron Tso, Ivanna Escala<br>
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Erika Hamden<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Jessie Christiansen, Adi Zitrin, Kaew Tinyamont, Kirsten Larson<br>
*GW Panelists*: Chiara Mingarelli, Jamie Rollins, Leo Stein<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/02/febrary-19-first-lecture-and-stargazing.html <br>
Clear weather<br>
Observed first-quarter Moon, Pleiades, Orion Nebula, and Jupiter at the very end.<br>
90 attendees<br>
30% from caltech; mostly word of mouth<br>

---++++Friday, March 18, 8-10PM
[[20160318][Lecture and Stargazing - What Causes the Northern Lights: A Tour of Aurorae on Different Planets]]<br>
*[[Lecturer]]:* Sebastian Pineda<br>
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Cameron Hummels<br>
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Drew Clausen, Abby Crites, Gina Duggan, Swarnima Manohar<br>
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Erika Hamden<br>
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Andreas Faisst, Jonas Lippuner, Mislav Balokovic, Mike Grudic<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/03/lecture-and-stargazing-event-with-talk.html <br>
Clear Weather<br>
Observed first-quarter Moon, Jupiter, and Orion Nebula<br>
100 attendees<br>
15% from caltech; social media and word of mouth<br>

---++++ Friday, April 15, 8-10PM

[[20160415][Lecture and Stargazing - Astronomy from the Bottom of the Earth: Telescopes at the South Pole]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Abby Crites<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Anna Ho<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Matt Orr, Tim Miller, Denise Schmitz, Drew Clausen<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Mislav Balokovic<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Astrid Lamberts, Jono Squire, Adric Riedel, Marianne Heida<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/04/lecture-stargazing-telescopes-at-south.html <br>
Clear Weather<br>
Observed first-quarter Moon, Jupiter, and Beehive Cluster, and Alcor/Mizar<br>
80 attendees<br>

---++++ Friday, May 13, 8-10PM

[[20160513][Lecture and Stargazing - The Air We (Can't) Breathe: A History of Air on Venus, Earth, and Mars]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Jackie Villadsen<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Michael Wong, Ivanna Escala, Robyn Sanderson<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Erika Hamden<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Adi Zitrin, Sophia Dai, Kung-yi Su, Yuguang Chen<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/05/lecture-stargazing-air-of-solar-system.html <br>
Hazy weather, but still OK for observing Moon and Jupiter for first hour<br>
Observed first-quarter Moon, Jupiter<br>
120 attendees<br>

---++++ Friday, June 10, 8-10PM

[[20160610][Lecture and Stargazing - Black Holes Don't Suck]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Chiara Mingarelli<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Jonas Lippuner, Rahul Patel, Leo Stein<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Adi Zitrin<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Andreas Faisst, Ivanna Escala, Yuguang Chen, Rhondale Tso<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/06/lecture-stargazing-black-holes-dont-suck.html<br>
Broken clouds, but still OK to view bright planetary objects by jumping between them as visible.<br>
Observed first-quarter Moon, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn<br>
100 attendees, but only 60 observed.<br>

---++++ Monday, June 20, 7-9PM

[[20160620][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Adric Riedel (Canceled), Jessie Christiansen<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer / Panelist]] (2+)*: Andres Malagon, Erika Hamden, Matt Orr, Leo Stein, Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore<br />
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/06/astronomy-on-tap-exoplanet-roulette.html<br>
First Astronomy on Tap event in LA.  
Great first event with lots of audience participation and everyone seemed to have a good time.<br>
70 attendees, about 1/3rd of these were local astronomers.  Bar full but not too full.<br>
Three-way tie for top quiz result at 8/10.

---++++ Friday, July 8, 8-10PM

[[20160708][Lecture and Stargazing - Simulating the Universe on a Supercomputer]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Matt Orr, Abby Crites, Robyn Sanderson<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Erika Hamden<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Andreas Faisst, Marja Seidel, Andres Malagon, Kaew Tinyanont<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/07/lecture-stargazing-simulating-universe.html<br>
Clear weather. <br>
Observed first-quarter Moon, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Ring Nebula, Albireo.<br>
150 attendees.<br>

---++++ Monday, July 25, 7:30-9:30PM

[[20160725][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]]* (2): Rahul Patel, Rachel Beaton<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer / Panelist]] (2+)*: Andreas Faisst, Anders Thygesen<br />
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/07/astronomy-on-tap-jupiter-and-beer-in.html<br>
Just prior to our event, we were written up in LA Weekly: http://www.laweekly.com/arts/11-cheap-and-free-things-to-do-this-week-7167770<br>
Some glitches with the AV system, but overall things went very well.<br>
110 attendees.  Bar full but could probably hold another 10-20 before capacity.<br>
Two-way tie for top quiz result at 8/10.

---++++ Friday, August 12, 8-10PM

[[20160812][Lecture and Stargazing - You Can't Spell Exoplanets without Ex(ecutions)]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Jessie Christiansen<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Erika Hamden<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Ron Tso, Michael Wong, Elise Cutts<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Andreas Faisst<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Gillian Kyne, Marianne Heida, Kung-Yi Su, Mar�a Camila Remolina Gutierrez<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/08/lecture-stargazing-you-cant-spell.html<br>
Clear weather. <br>
Observed first-quarter Moon, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Ring Nebula, Albireo, Perseids?<br>
115 attendees.<br>

---++++ Monday, August 22, 7:30-9:30PM

[[20160822][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Marja Seidel, Calen Henderson<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer / Panelist]] (2+)*: Rhondale Tso, Marianne Heida, Andres Malagon<br />
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/08/astronomy-on-tap-edwin-hubble-and-earth.html<br>
Some glitches with the AV system and the speakers/microphone not working and speakers talking too long, but overall things went well.<br>
115 attendees.<br>
First ever 10/10--I suspect people are using their phones to look up the answers.

---++++ Friday, September 9, 8-10PM

[[20160909][Lecture and Stargazing - The Invisible Universe Revealed: From Glowing Dust to Spinning Stellar Corpses]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Anna Ho<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Katherine Deck, Anders Thygesen, Mike Wong<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Erika Hamden<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Jessie Christiansen, Andres Malagon, Lee Rosenthal<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/09/lecture-stargazing-invisible-universe.html<br>
Clear weather. New location in Baxter Lecture Hall and Beckman Lawn<br>
Using electric cart to deliver telescopes--problematic because they lay on their side and take two trips.  Could damage them.<br>
Made bright signs to direct people from lecture to stargazing--I guess they worked?  Some big music event rehearsal in front of Beckman.<br>
Observed first-quarter Moon, Mars, Saturn, Albireo<br>
70 attendees.<br>

---++++ Monday, September 26, 7:30-9:30PM

[[20160926][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Rahul Patel<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Andreas Faisst, Ragnhild Lunnan<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer]] (2+)*: Rhondale Tso, Andres Malagon<br />
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/09/astronomy-on-tap-supernovae-and-big-bang.html<br>
Some slowness in getting started after the presidential debate, but overall good.<br>
100 attendees.<br>

---++++ Friday, October 7, 8-10PM

[[20161007][Lecture and Stargazing - Cosmic Explosions through the Ages: Supernovae Seen with the Naked Eye]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Jacob Jencson<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Anna Ho<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Rahul Patel, Calen Henderson<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Jessie Christiansen<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Ragnhild Lunnan, Yuguang Chen, Andreas Faisst, Mike Grudic<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/10/lecture-stargazing-cosmic-explosions.html<br>
Mostly cloudy weather. New location in Baxter Lecture Hall and Beckman Lawn<br>
Used handcarts to deliver telescopes--Worked ok.<br>
Made bright signs to direct people between Baxter and Beckman. Seemed to work.<br>
Observed first-quarter Moon, Albireo<br>
120 attendees <br>

---++++ Monday, October 17, 7:30-9:30PM

[[20161017][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf for Pasadena Astronomy Week]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Ji Wang, Astrid Lamberts<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer]] (2+)*: Jono Squires, Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore, Ivanna Escala<br />
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/10/astronomy-on-tap-twinklin-stars-and.html<br>
Only used speaker in front and was hard to hear from the back, but overall went well.<br>
130 attendees.<br>
Quiz was too hard for people, but no one was cheating!<br>

---++++ Tuesday, October 18, 7:30-9:30PM

[[20161018][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf for Pasadena Astronomy Week]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Eric Bellm, Alex Urban<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer]] (2+)*: Anders Thygesen, Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore, Andreas Faisst <br />
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/10/astronomy-on-tap-mount-palomar-and.html<br>
Only 60 or so people at the beginning, but people showed up throughout.  Mayor Tornek attended.<br>
100 attendees.<br>
Two 8/10 on the quiz.<br>

---++++ Wednesday, October 19, 7:30-9:30PM

[[20161019][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf for Pasadena Astronomy Week]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Denise Schmitz, James Ashley<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer]] (2+)*: Ivanna Escala, Jessie Chistiansen, Ron Tso<br />
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/10/astronomy-on-tap-dark-matter-and-mars.html<br>
Big turnout for the final presidential debate, the Dodgers game, and AoT.  Very enthusiastic audience.<br>
125 attendees.<br>
Two 8/10 on the quiz.<br>

---++++ Saturday, October 22, 12:00-8:00PM

[[20161022][Pasadena Astronomy Week Main Event]]<br />
*Shift 1 Volunteers (1:30 - 5:00PM)*: Cameron Hummels, Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore, Reed Riddel, Ivanna Escala, Jessie Christiansen, Marianne Heida, Lee Rosenthal, Rahul Patel, Erika Hamden, Swarnima Manohar<br>
*Shift 2 Volunteers (5:00 - 8:30PM)*: Cameron Hummels, Yuguang Chen, Ricky Nilsson, Lee Rosenthal, Andreas Faisst, Anna Ho, Andres Malagon, Gary Ruane, Anders Thygesen, Xingcheng Ma<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/10/pasadena-astronomy-festival.html<br>
Overall event went pretty well with good attendance and no major problems.
Attendees worked at various locations:
   1. Make a comet
   1. LIGO booth
   1. Two infrared camera booths
   1. Roll-over rover
   1. Telescopes (both solar and night-time)
By my count, there were ~1000 attendees to the comet booth over the course of the 6 hours.  Caltech did well in their bright orange shirts and several of us were interviewed for local media.

---++++ Wednesday, October 26

Lecture and Lab Tour for Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) students<br>
Leader: Abby Crites<br>
40 students<br>

---++++ Friday, November 4, 7-9PM

[[20161104][Lecture and Stargazing - How to Prepare for the Great American Eclipse of 2017]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Erika Hamden<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Marianne Heida, Astrid Lamberts, Christine Simpson<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Andreas Faisst<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Anders Thygesen, Jono Squires, Mike Grudic, Lindsey Whitesides<br>
*Writeup and Recording*: http://caltech-astro-outreach.blogspot.com/2016/11/lecture-stargazing-great-american.html<br>
Slightly cloudy weather. New location in Baxter Lecture Hall and Beckman Lawn<br>
Used handcarts to deliver telescopes--Worked ok.<br>
Made bright signs to direct people between Baxter and Beckman. Seemed to work.<br>
Observed first-quarter Moon, Albireo, Mars, Venus, and Double Cluster<br>
75 attendees <br>

---++++ Monday, November 21, 7:30-9:30PM

[[20161121][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Ricky Nilsson, Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer]] (2+)*: Andreas Faisst<br />
*Writeup and Recording*: <br>
Weak turnout probably due to proximity with Thanksgiving this week.  Black Hole Jeopardy game a hit, but questions very hard for audience members.<br>
Banned Phd-astronomers from winning prizes in quiz, but quiz questions probably too hard for non-astronomers.<br>
55 attendees.<br>

---++++ Friday, December 9, 7-9PM

[[20161202][Lecture and Stargazing - ALMA: A Revolutionary New View of the Cosmos]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Nick Scoville<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Jono Squires, Masha Okounkova, Michael Wong<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Andreas Faisst<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Mislav Balokovic, Sophia Dai, Mike Grudic<br>
Technical problems throughout the presentation.  The AV system wouldn't broadcast the computer to the projector, so we had to use<br>
two separate computers, a radio remote, and a few volunteers to enable movies, slide changes, and such to work.  A 15-minute late start,<br>
and a talk that went about 15 over meant a lot of time in the lecture hall for everyone.  People were forgiving though, and Nick gave a very good presentation.<br>
A bit of patchy cloud and haze, but observers were still able to see Moon, Mars, Double Cluster, and Pleiades.<br>
90 attendees.<br>

---++++ Monday, December 12, 7:30-9:30PM

[[20161212][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Jordan Mirocha, Ivanna Escala<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer]] (2+)*: Jeff Rich, Louis Abramson<br />
Lower turnout than normal presumably because of the holidays, but those present were really engaged in the event.<br>
65 attendees.<br>

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