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March Open House

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March Open House

Time/Date

20230302T1800-2230

People

54 attendees. Matt, Tara, Natalie, Onkar, Roy

Spaces Occupied

PHYS 101, 401, 433C, Dome

Goals

  1. Give Open House Talk in PHYS 101

  2. Give tours in 401, Control Room (433C), Dome

Log

  1. Tara made current events slides 

  2. Roy made talk in agitated state

  3. Matt/Tara/Natalie cleaned 433C and Dome

  4. Matt moved ladders in dome

  5. We made MANY trips between 401 and 101

    1. Tablecloth

    2. Table

    3. stickers/scissors

    4. sign-in sheet

    5. coloring pages

    6. crayons

    7. food/drink

    8. charger

    9. various demos

    10. signs

    11. cups/napkins

    12. lasers

  6. Started current events slideshow in 101 at 1900

  7. Roy introduced Tara, Onkar, Natalie, and Matt at 1935

  8. Roy asked Tara to discuss current events slides

  9. Roy gave talk at 1940 - 2035

  10. Tara went up to the Dome, Onkar to control room, Matt to 401, Natalie stayed to ferry people in 101

  11. set 7min alarms to tell when the next group should come in

  12. set groups, went to 401 where Matt talked about pictures, then Control Room, then dome, then back down

ToDo

  1. Come up with list of things needed for OH (items laid out) (go over Log 4. items)

Notes

We made many trips to 401 from 101

Weather

CLOUDY



Data

If using the telescope cameras, record the local and any remote location of collected data.

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Direct Questions/Concerns to Roy Prouty (roy.prouty@umbc.edu)