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July Maunakea Skies with Dr. Jim Lyke
Classical Novae
Explore the Universe’s H-Bomb at a safe distance
Hilo, Hawai‘i –Dr. Jim Lyke, W. M. Keck Observatory, will take the Maunakea Skies program audience and explore the “Universe’s H-Bomb” in his talk entitled, Classical Novae: H-bombs at a Safe Distance. Join him for an extraordinary topic in this month’s program at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center on Saturday, July 17, at 7 p.m. in the planetarium.
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ʻImiloa to Open on Friday Nights
Playing Avatar in the 3D Planetarium?
Unfortunately it is NOT possible for us to show standard movies or 3D movies in the planetarium.
Our planetarium system is configured for multi-channel hemispherical projection, and any content we show must be specially produced for this format. Our system's 3D stereoscopic projection capabilities use a spectrally notched set of eyeglasses to produce the 3D effect with the left and right channels of our Sony projectors.
Flat screen movies are a single channel and have a standard rectangular format and the 3D ones are produced for use with polarizing glasses, which are also different than the type of glasses used in our planetarium. Lastly the licensing fees for standard movies (ones at the box office) are well beyond the reach of museum/science centers.
New Summer planetarium line-up
New Summer Planetarium line-up at ‘Imiloa
Hilo, Hawai‘i -‘Imiloa Astronomy Center has 2 new offerings for the summer planetarium line-up. Starting June 26 Fragile Planet and Sesame Street’s One World, One Sky takes their spots in the planetarium line-up. Fragile Planet will be shown at 1 pm and 3 pm and One World, One Sky will be the Saturday 10 am keiki offering.
Fragile Planet, narrated by Sigourney Weaver, is a virtual journey from Earth to the outer reaches of the Universe and back, a journey that reveals how special Earth really is.
June Maunakea Skies with Glen Petitpas
What's Hot and What's Not in the Universe
Hilo, Hawai‘i –Take a temperature reading of our Universe in this months Maunakea Skies with Dr. Glen Petitpas from SMA. What’s Hot and What’s Not in the Universe is the topic for this month’s program at ‘Imiloa on Saturday, June 19, at 7 p.m. in the planetarium.
The Universe is mostly cold, but contains objects of such extreme temperatures the figures are overwhelming. Dr. Petitpas will describe the wide range of temperatures measured in outer space, from dust clouds just above absolute zero, to the cores of supernovae which can reach hundreds of billions of degrees. Observations of these extreme objects require special tools and throughout the talk he will also describe the instruments (past, present, and future) used to make these extraordinary measurements.