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---+ Past Events from 2024

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, January 12, 8-10PM

[[20240112][Lecture and Stargazing - Supernovae: The Brilliant Endings of Massive Stars]]<br />
*[[Lecturer]]*: Michael Pajkos<br />
*[[LectureCaptain][Lecture Captain]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[LectureVolunteer][Lecture Volunteers]] (2+)*: Dee Dunne, Nicholas Rui<br />
*[[TelescopeCaptain][Telescope Captain]]*: Andreas Faisst<br />
*[[TelescopeVolunteer][Telescope Volunteers]] (4)*: Sam Rose, Xander Hall, Soumyadeep Bhattacharjee<br>
*Attendees*: 180<br>
120 in-person + 60 online = 180 attendees.  Really great event last night with good weather, an excellent<br>
presentation, and a lively panel and audience.  No technical difficulties this month after some issues in<br>
December, and we had so many intriguing questions from the audience that we struggled to get through all<br>
of them in time!  A good problem to have.  Jupiter, M42, and M33 were targets.<br>

---++++ Tuesday, January 16, 5:30-7PM

Telescope Training on Dobs and eVscope<br />
*Organizer*: Cameron Hummels<br>
*Participants*: Javier Roulet, Ed Nathan, Eliot Finch, Marco Crisostomi<br>
Good group.  We got through setting up and taking down 6" dob; viewing Moon and Jupiter.<br>
Also setup and takedown of eVscope with a view of M42.<br>

---++++ Saturday, January 27, 5:00-7:00PM

Astronomy Night at Kester Avenue Elementary<br />
*Organizer*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*Volunteers* (1-2): Ashish Mahabal<br />
*Attendees*: 400<br>
Elementary school in Thousand Oaks hosted an astronomy night for their 800 students.  Ashish went out<br>
and answered questions for a few hours at the Ask an Astrophysicist table.  It sounds like the event went<br>
really well overall.  Clear weather for stargazing with the Burbank Sidewalk Astronomers.<br>

---++++ Monday, January 29, 7:30-9:30PM

[[20240129][Astronomy on Tap @ Dog Haus]]<br />
*[[AoTCaptain][MC]]*: Cameron Hummels<br />
*[[AoTSpeaker][Speakers]] (2)*: Kaustav Das, Niyati Desai<br />
*[[AoTVolunteer][Volunteer]] (3+)*:  Sam Rose, Nicholas Rui, Jean Somalwar, Nik Prusinski<br>
*Attendees*: 250<br>
Great event with two great presentations and a good turnout.  eVscope provided views of M1 and M42.<br>
Lots of engagement by the audience and several compliments from attendees afterwards.  Warm weather<br>
and no event for 7 weeks may have contributed to the great turnout.<br>

Link back to [[https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/twiki_outreach/bin/view/Main/WebHome][home page]].
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