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‘Imiloa Planetarium Upgrade and Closure

‘Imiloa Astronomy Center will be installing a state of the art computer cluster in the planetarium from March 1 to March 6, during which time the planetarium will be closed to the public.  The necessary upgrade will give the ‘Imiloa planetarium the ability to produce its own cutting-edge content which can be shared with 3D Fulldome planetariums around the world.   Exhibit halls will remain open; special live, hosted presentations on the Science on a Sphere and in a portable planetarium environment will be offered for one week only from March 1 to March 6 during regularly scheduled planetarium showtimes.  

 The planetarium will be closed for the computer installation and upgrades, however, most of the current daily planetarium content will be offered in a Digitalis portable planetarium dome in the Earl and Doris Bakken Moanahōkū Hall.  In addition, live, hosted presentations will be offered on the Science on a Sphere, a global display system that uses computers and video projectors to display planetary data onto a six foot diameter sphere, analogous to a giant animated globe
 

Live presentations on the Science on a Sphere (S.O.S) exhibit.  S.O.S, an impressive six foot sphere that dramatically allows visitors to experience seeing our Earth with dramatic global perspectives.  The exhibit, created and made possible by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), uses four projectors carefully aligned to display data taken by space satellites, onto this global screen.

 

 

 

Digitalis planetarium will run selected planetarium programs and the live night sky presentations.  The Digitarium is a portable digital planetarium system that creates an intimate planetarium experience with the operator.

 

 

 

 

‘Imiloa’s Four Dimensional Digital Universe (4D2U) Theater will also be the site of a live 3D presentation using Mitaka software, a special software used to visualize the known universe with up-to-date observational data and theoretical models.  Developed by the 4D2U project of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka navigates across the universe seamlessly from the Earth to the edges of the known universe offering visitors an unparalleled journey through time and space.

 

 


March 1 - March 6 Show Schedule:

10:30 am      Science on a sphere presentation
11:00 am       (Portable) Planetarium Show: Awesome light I
11:30 am       Maunakea: Between Earth and Sky
12:00 noon    Mitaka Presentation 4D2U
1:00 pm        (Portable) Planetarium Show: Sky Tonight
1:30 pm        Science on a Sphere Presentation
2:00 pm        (Portable) Planetarium Show: Awesome Light II
2:30 pm        Maunakea: Between Earth and Sky
3:00 pm        (Portable) Planetarium Show: Sky Tonight
3:30 pm        Maunakea: Between Earth and Sky

   *The 11:00am presentation will NOT be shown Friday, March 4

Our exhibits will remain open during our normal operating hours, Tuesday-Sunday from 9am - 4pm.  We are closed Mondays.