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---+ Past Events from 2018

For a full description of past events with photos and video, see our blog at http://www.astro.caltech.edu/outreach/past/

---++++ Monday, January 15, 7:30-9:30PM

[[20180115][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Stephen Taylor, Mia de los Reyes<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer]] (2+)*: Allen Hovsepian<br>
Huge turnout with 160 attendees after the holiday break!<br>

---++++ Friday, January 26, 7-9PM

[[20180126][Lecture and Stargazing - When Galaxies Collide: Snapshots of the Universe's Largest Battles]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Anne Medling<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Ivanna Escala<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (3)*: Marianne Heida, Nikita Kamraj, Kishalay De<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Mike Grudic<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Allen Hovsepian, Michael Zhang, Yuguang Chen<br>
Huge turnout with 160 attendees; Hameetman at capacity.<br>

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

[[20180212][Astronomy on Tap @ Der Wolfskopf]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Harriet Brettle, Jim Fuller, Elizabeth Tasker<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer]] (2+)*: Marianne Heida, Denise Schmitz, Ivanna Escala, Max Millar-Blanchar, Allen Hovsepian<br>
Big night with three speakers, 140 guests, and lots of fun.  Sound worked for Jim's stellar ultrasound talk through speaker.<br>
Elizabeth sold 12 books<br>

---++++ Saturday, February 17, 1:00-6:00PM

Science Train<br />
*Organizer*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*Volunteer (3+)*: Olivia Wilkins, Shreyas Vissaparagada, Mia de los Reyes, Jeannie Wilkening<br>
Rode from Gold Line Del Mar stop to Santa Monica and back on the Gold, Red, and Expo Metro lines.<br>
Two groups of two astronomers with "Ask an Astrophysicist" signs and four sample questions listed.<br>
We had a roamer, who would interact with each of the groups to try to seed conversations and break the ice.<br>
Definitely more successful than last time with more lessons learned: *(1)* Roamer works for breaking the ice. <br>
*(2)* Make it clear that this is free, and that we're doing this because we care about public science education. <br>
*(3)* Make it clear we're from a respectable source: Caltech, NASA, JPL, potentially with nametags with names / status. <br>
*(4)* Perhaps announce our presence on crowded cars when boarding: "We are astronomers and astrophysicists from Caltech and JPL<br>
here to answer questions about astronomy, physics, and space.  We're doing this for free because we care about public science education.<br>
You could text message until your stop, or you could come learn about black holes and the expansion of the universe, but we'll try to keep it down."<br>
for those not interested.<br>  *(5)* Bring the tally counter to count number of people interacting.  *(6)* Photo and record more. <br>
*(7)* Need better signs and more official looking.<br> *(8)* Had almost as much luck interacting with people in busy train stations as we did on trains<br>
*(9)* Interacted with two employees from Metro and two cops, and none of them even balked that we were doing this on the train or that it would be a problem.<br>
*(10)* Make special flyers/cards promoting our events with a "Get a Free NASA sticker" or something when they come to one of our core events, so we can track<br>
how many people actually come to our events from introduction at Science Train and/or Sidewalk Astronomy.<br>
Probably had direct contact/conversations with about 70 and indirect contact with another 50 or so.  Definitely a success.<br>
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