Summer Enrichment and Fun at Camp 'Imiloa
Camp ‘Imiloa
Enrichment and Fun at ‘Imiloa
Hilo, Hawai‘i – ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center starts the summer with five weeks of enriching and fun summer camp opportunities exploring science, math, and culture. This year’s sessions will entail themes such as movement, sustainability, the living world, and the things that go zoom.
Natures Telescope, May's Maunakea Skies Talk
Peering Through Nature’s Telescope
Topic for next Maunakea Skies Talk
Hilo, Hawai‘i – Join Dr. Karun Thanjavur at the next “Maunakea Skies” talk entitled Peering through Nature’s telescope – Gravitational Lensing as a window into the distant universe on Saturday, May 21, at 7:00pm at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center
Gravitational “bending” of light is one of the many inspiring phenomena predicted by Einstein’s theory of Relativistic Gravity, and which have since been unambiguously borne out by observations. Since the first confirmation of a gravitational lens in 1979 -nearly 45 years after it was hypothesized- the catalog of confirmed lenses now runs to a few hundred. With advances in the instrumentation available at the modern 8 meter class telescopes, similar to those on Maunakea, the magnification boost provided by gravitational lensing is now being harnessed to probe astrophysical processes in extremely distant, faint objects even in the very early universe with a level of detail that would otherwise be exceedingly challenging.
New Planetarium Shows Starting April 2, 2011
Spring into 2 New Planetarium Shows at ‘Imiloa
New Planetarium Shows Starting April 2
Hilo, Hawai‘i -‘Imiloa Astronomy Center introduces two new planetarium offerings starting Saturday, April 2. A new 3D planetarium show, 3D Natural Selection slips into the 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. daily rotation spots and Earth, Moon and Sun fills in the Saturday 10 a.m. keiki show.
2011 Merrie Monarch Workshops at 'Imiloa
‘Imiloa Astronomy Center offers Cultural,
Education programming in support of Merrie Monarch Festival
Hilo, Hawai‘i - ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i is partnering with the Merrie Monarch Festival to offer four days of hula-related workshops and demonstrations during the upcoming annual festival and competition in Hilo. ‘Imiloa’s cultural enrichment programs will take place from April 26 to April 29, 2011, and provides visitors as well as Hawai‘i residents with an opportunity to learn more about the history and cultural significance of hula and its practitioners.
‘Imiloa will provide morning and afternoon hula-related workshops during these days. For a complete schedule of the times visit us online at imiloahawai.org.
In order to continue to offer more educational enrichment programs, a donation of $3 per session is suggested. Seating is limited and will be offered on a first-come first-served basis. Daily admission rates apply for the Center’s exhibits and the planetarium shows.
Dark Sky and Cosmology, Next Maunakea Skies April 16
Why Is the Night Sky so Dark?
Dark Sky and Cosmology next Maunakea Skies Talk
Hilo, Hawai‘i – With all the stars at night, why is the night sky dark? Dr. Simon Radford will answer this question at the next Maunakea Skies talk entitled “Dark Sky and Cosmology” on Saturday, April 16, at 7:00pm at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center.