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Open House January
Attendance (Open House): 27
Attendance (Observing Group): Tara, Matt, Gabriel, Roy, Azzan
Date & Time: 1/5/22 1700-2230.
Spaces Occupied: 401, Control Room, Dome
Achievements
cleaned up and prepped space (1700-1900) - tara & roy
displayed tara's current event slides 1900-1930
gave coherent talk on space 1930-2030 -roy
gave a mostly correct description of war(m) room operations -Matt 2030-2100
took 6-7 folks to the dome and showed the the primary mirror, secondary mirror and where the gam is supposed to go lol -tara 2030-2100
discussed GAM and need for good spectro-polarization measurements to help understand evolution of (bio)chemistry in early SS - roy 2030-2100
Chatted with attendees and closed-up
Notes/ToDo/Wishlist
Need to clean up control room.
Need to develop observation slideshow for OH nights
Small metal cart is annoying.
Need to figure out next steps with AstroPol
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Direct Questions/Concerns to Roy Prouty (roy.prouty@umbc.edu)