Look Up! Imaginarium Event

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A fun skywatching event for all ages! Activities include:

**Imaginarium “Stargazing” Shows--A live star show held inside the Imaginarium that identifies the constellations, planets and moon phases visible in the night sky. Tickets available at the Imaginarium box office for $2/person. Showtimes: 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30 p.m.

**Telescope Viewing with Hawai`i Astronomical Society--Gaze at the moon and Saturn through the HAS members’ telescopes (weather permitting).

**Storytelling with Emil Wolfgramm--Enjoy Polynesian stories of the stars by master storyteller Emil Wolfgramm. Showtime: 7-7:45 p.m.

**Make-&-Take Telescope Workshop--Construct and use a working refracting telescope (similar to the one Galileo used 400 years ago) to take home with you. Cost: $2/telescope, while supplies last.

**Lanihuli Observatory--Visit a working research and educational observatory that includes a radio telescope, heliostat (solar) telescope, cosmic ray telescope and 16-inch optical telescope. Optical telescope viewing, weather permitting.

**Faulkes Telescope--Remotely operate UH Institute for Astronomy’s Faulkes Telescope, located on Haleakala, Maui (weather permitting).

**NASA Flight Training Center AEL--Pilot NASA’s space shuttle with a virtual reality simulator and explore microgravity environments through interactive computer stations.

**Aerospace Exploration Lab--Explore science concepts through hands-on activities designed especially for children in grades K-6.

**Bishop Museum--Make a "Lahaina Noon" flip book to investigate the zenith passage of the sun in Hawai`i.

**Ironwood Observatory--An introduction to remote astro imaging utilizing an off-grid, unattended Internet controlled observatory. (Showtime: 8:15-9 p.m.)

**Film: Eyes on the Skies--Learn about the historical development of the telescope, its scientific importance, technological breakthroughs, and the people behind this ground-breaking invention.

**Kids in Technology--Explore how astronauts blast off into space through bottle rocket demonstrations.

**Starlight Café--Enjoy astronomically good food at this way-out café. Prices vary.

This event is part of a global project called 100 Hours of Astronomy, which is part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.

Ticket Information
$2 for Imaginarium stargazing shows; $2 for make-&-take telescopes; other activities free.

Event Sponsor
Center for Aerospace Education, Windward Campus

More Information
Nancy Ali, 236-9169, nancyali@hawaii.edu, http://aerospace.wcc.hawaii.edu/imaginarium.html

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