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.
New Planetarium shows March 27
`Imiloa Closed on Memorial Day
`Imiloa Astronomy Center will be closed in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday, Monday May 31, 2010. `Imiloa will be open for regular business hours, Tuesday June 1.
Camp `Imiloa, Boys and Girls Rock Science!
Girls Rock at Camp ‘Imiloa, Boys too!
Hilo, Hawai‘i – For the third year in the four year history ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center offers local students the opportunity to explore science, math, and culture and have fun doing it. Children from all over the island are expected to attend the 4 day camp which will challenge them each day with a unique hands-on project. Camp ‘Imiloa Science Rocks! for Girls runs from June 1st to June 4th 2010. Camp ‘Imiloa Science Rocks! for Boys is from June 8th to June 11th.
May Maunakea Skies, Life Cycle of Stars
Life Cycle of Stars
Origin, Life, and Death of Stars in the ‘Imiloa Planetarium
Hilo, Hawai‘i –Join Dr. Luca Rizzi, Joint Astronomy Centre, in his presentation Origin, Life, and Death of Stars topic for this months “Maunakea Skies” program at ‘Imiloa on Saturday, May 15, at 7 p.m. in the planetarium. The audience will fly out in 3D through our local celestial neighborhood and visit different structures in our Galaxy.
Stellar evolution is the science that uses the wealth of knowledge regarding the physics of plasma and nuclear reactions to understand the origin, the life, and the death of stars. Dr. Luca Rizzi will review the basic facts of stellar evolution, and follow 3 stars (a low-mass, an intermediate mass and a massive star) in their path from their birth to the explosive events that conclude their life.