The summer research students visited the this week where they were able to climb to the top, experience a telescope demonstration, and hear a current research talk about the observatory from undergraduate students like themselves. The UMBC Observatory Group is built of faculty, staff, and interested students who work to maintain the facility and administer its mission. The observatory is equipped with a DFM Telescope, one of the largest in the Eastern half of the United States, that has been in operation since 2000.