Kilolani Masthead
Mei (May) 2018
Volume 13, Issue 5
Gardens at 'Imiloa
Monthly Updates

Monthly Sky Watch:
The Stars Above Hawai'i
 
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CyberCANOE Presentation
Daily at 11:00 am
CyberCANOE Presentation
In addition to our planetarium programming we also offer a daily (Tues-Sun) 11:00 am live presentation exploring the relationship between earth and sky in our CyberCANOE (Collaborative, Analytics, Navigation and Observation Environment) data visualization theatre. Please join us in this intimate space which allows for lively dialogue and interaction between the audience and the presenter.

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This Month's Articles at a Glance


MAHALO NUI LOA to all who came to celebrate the Mahalo Hawai'i Sail event with  Hōkule'a 's crew members and organizers of this wonderful occasion on April 27! Residents, visitors, adults and children came throughout the day to tour the canoe and explored the education expo. For more photos, please visit our blog.

Maunakeasky Maunakea Skies, May 4
Hawai'i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) creates missions and recruits crewmembers who live in the Mars-like habitat for periods ranging from four to twelve months, in order to better understand the planet's living conditions. Learn more about this quest to make human life possible on the Red Planet at 'Imiloa's 
Maunakea Skies  talk with Dr. Brian Shiro, Geology Lead at HI-SEAS on Friday, May 4 at 7:00pm.

 
Navigating the Night Sky Navigating the Night Sky is an interactive program that features observations from the Visitor Information Station (VIS) on Maunakea, coupled with a presentation by 'Imiloa staff on the oceanic navigational starlines and Hawaiian Star Compass. Join us Friday, May 11 at 7:00 pm.
Member ticket pricing is $8 for UHH/HawCC Student, Kupuna, Individual, Dual, and Family Members; $6 for Patron Members; Free for Silver, Gold, and Corporate Members. General admission tickets are $10. Pre-purchase tickets at the 'Imiloa front desk or by phone at 932-8901.
MKSMaunakea Skies-Subaru Telescope,  May 18
  
Backstage Pass:
Meet & Greet with
Subaru Telescope
 
Speakers:  
Kiaina Schubert 
James (Jimmy) Ferreira
Timothy Castro 
Yuko Kakazu 
Matthew Wung

Host:
Emily Peavy 
'Imiloa
 

What is it like to work 
at 14,000ft?  What if your job includes shoveling snow in 
Hawaii and keeping a camera as cold as -300 fahrenheit? Did you know astronomers are the minority at observatories, only occupying 20% of jobs? 

Come meet Subaru's staff on Friday,  May 18, 7pm at 'Imiloa Astronomy Center to learn the "behind the scenes" of the observatory. Engineers, technicians, and educator at Subaru Telescope will share their experience, various challenges they faced, and how they overcame challenges that led to astronomical discoveries.  

Member ticket pricing is $8 for UHH/HawCC Student, Kupuna, Individual, Dual, and Family Members; $6 for Patron Members; Free for Silver, Gold, and Corporate Members. General admission tickets are $10. Pre-purchase tickets at the 'Imiloa front desk or by phone at 932-8901. 
StargazingStargazing Live, May 25
 
Stargazing Live

View the cold, clear Maunakea night sky from the comfort of the 'Imiloa planetarium during Stargazing Live. Join us on a journey to explore the stars and distant celestial objects from Maunakea's 9,000-foot level in real time. The next program will take place on 
Friday, May 25 at 7pm.


Each month's program focuses on celestial objects seen in that season's sky. In the winter skies over Hawai'i we will look at the Orion Nebula and the Pleiades, and put them in context with Hawaiian traditions.

A Maunakea Visitor Information Station (VIS) staff member will orient the program's participants to the night's sky via a live feed, as well as introduce the instruments and techniques used to view a deep space object. In turn, the 'Imiloa planetarium operator will then take the audience to those objects for a more in-depth look.

Member ticket pricing is $8 for UHH/HawCC Student, Kupuna, Individual, Dual, and Family Members; $6 for Patron Members; Free for Silver, Gold, and Corporate Members. General admission tickets are $10. Pre-purchase tickets at the 'Imiloa front desk or by phone at 932-8901.

Our live stargazing program in partnership with the Onizuka Center for International Astronomy Visitor Information Station (VIS) is held on the last Friday of each month at 7pm.
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Keeping up with the coast: quantifying shoreline change on Hawaiʻi Island
by
Rose Hart, UH Hilo

The next scheduled program in the Maunakea Speaker Series will be held on Thursday, May 10, 7pm at UH Hilo's Science and Technology Building, Room #109. 

Hawaiʻi Island's coastal communities face many challenges in adapting to the impacts of sea-level rise, coastal erosion, and subsidence. To better predict and manage coastal vulnerabilities, this research effort quantified shoreline change rates from the present and recent past for three different coastal settings on Hawaiʻi Island. 
 
The Maunakea Speaker Series is free and open to the public.  For more information please visit the  Maunakea Speaker Series webpage or call 808-933-0734.

Planetarium New Planetarium Show Lineup
 
May 1-31
 
Tuesday - Sunday
 
Saturday Keiki Show
10 am  
Tycho to the Moon
 
Friday Evening Planetarium Programming at 7 pm
May 11   Navigating the Night Sky  
May 18   
Maunakea Skies Talk - Subaru Telescope
May 25    Stargazing Live

Visit our planetarium webpage to see our schedule.
 
To Space & Back Tales of the Maya Skies Slide
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Uranus Confirmed to Smell of Rotten Eggs 

Photo Credit_ NASA_JPL-Caltech

Hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive odor, permeates the upper atmosphere of the planet Uranus - as has been long debated, but never definitively proven. Based on sensitive spectroscopic observations with the Gemini North telescope, astronomers uncovered the noxious gas swirling high in the giant planet's cloud tops. This result resolves a stubborn, long-standing mystery of one of our neighbors in space. 

The above  image of Uranus was taken in 1986 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. For more info, please go to:

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