Thanks for a job well done!

We would like to congratulate one of the very first CS teams to form on a job well done!!

Most of the Citizen Sky teams will form during year 2 of the project and will have research/analysis related goals, but we did have a number of teams form in the first year of the project with non-research goals.  One of these, the 20/20 Vision team, formed very early in the project with the goal of introducing its members to the "ins and outs" of visual variable star observing.  The team leader, Chris Stephan, did a wonderful job of mentoring dozens of new observers.  Through close communication he coached members on selecting equipment, making observations, even doing outreach!  The team has decided to shut down now that they have reached their goal of learning the basics.  Congratulations on a job well done and a goal successfully met!!

We do expect that many of the 20/20 members will use their CS team experience to contribute to (or even lead!) other CS teams.  And don't worry, Chris is still out there mentoring new observers and spreading the word about Citizen Sky - check out his post earlier today on CS outreach he did at a local night sky event.

Thank you Chris for a job very well done!!