Reading time: < 1minuteOpen House goers will have the chance to see what they look like in infrared. (photo by Zack Gazak)
The at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will host its on Sunday, April 12, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. The theme for 2015 is the International Year of Light, which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly to raise awareness of the importance of light and light-based technologies for sustainable development.
Light-related activities
Sun observing with telescopes
Astrophotography
Infrared camera that allows event attendees to see what they look like at infrared wavelengths
Talk about the invisible (to our eyes) universe
Spectroscopy school to learn how astronomers use the rainbow of light from distant objects to understand their composition and temperature
More open house activities
Air-powered rockets brought by
Hands-on physics toys from the staff of the
3-D printer demonstration and a wind tunnel courtesy of the
Bishop Museum’s Digitalis portable planetarium
talks
Tours of the CAVE, a 3-D virtual environment
Ask an Astronomer activities
Keiki activities like face painting, sundial making and bottle-rocket launching
A talk by Brent Tully explaining the —a vast collection of over 100,000 galaxies whose Hawaiian name honors the Polynesian navigators who used their knowledge of the heavens to cross the immense Pacific Ocean
Institute for Astronomy open house admission and parking is free. The institute is located at 2680 Woodlawn Drive.
