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The 59th annual California State Science Fair was held on May 17-18, 2010. This year 960 participants represented 394 schools throughout the state and competed for awards totaling over $50,000. Daniel Godinez and Caylin Canales took fourth place in the Junior Physics and Astronomy division. Daniel and Caylin with their teacher Kim Miller from Goleta Valley Junior High, observed the Monoceros R2 cluster with Faulkes Telescope South earlier this year. Daniel and Caylin’s project compared an H-R diagram they made from their observations to H-R diagrams of other well studied clusters and were able to determine that Monoceros R2 is a young open cluster. Well done Daniel and Caylin! To see their abstract visit: http://www.sbsdk12.org/news/2010/05/19statefair.shtml