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| Highlights of AstroDay |
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AstroDay 2K5 Highlights
AstroDay featured over 30 exhibits, demonstrations and activity areas throughout Prince Kuhio Plaza, including the observatories on Mauna Kea, Educators, Students, Hawaiian culture groups and commercial vendors. National Anthem by Divina Maria Medeiros, musical performances by John Keawe, George Kahumoku, and Carlos Andrade. Our inaugural AstroDay Excellence in Teaching award was presented to UHH Astronomy professor Dr Richard Crowe and Hilo Intermediate School teacher Pascale Pinner. Here is a potpourri of images for your perusal.
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Opening pule with Koa Ellm Kimo Pihana |
Opening with Lei Yuen |
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Maria Divina Medeiros |
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Mayor Harry Kim |
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AstroDay 2K2
AstroDay 2K3
AstroDay 2K4
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John Keawe and his wife |
George Kahumoku |
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Paul Coleman and Carlos Andrade did a joint presentation on Hawaiian astronomy |
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| Excellence in Teaching award with (l-r): Pascale Pinner, Elaine Christian, Phoebe Lambeth, Art Taniguchi, Richard Crowe, Mr AstroDay |
2005 Honorees Pascale Pinner and Richard Crowe flank Art Taniguchi (HICC) and Phoebe Lambeth (JCCIH) |
Some folks get a look at Proclamations from the Governor's and Mayor's offices at the AstroDay Institute booth |
Erik Rau and Janice Harvey get ready to begin another StarLab planetarium show - one of many that ran throughout the day! |
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| Youngsters flocked to the Onizuka Space Center exhibit that featured many hands-on activities |
Another view of the Onizuka Space Center booth, in the "education wing" of the mall |
Painting planets in the Kid's Corner, where youngsters were engaged in many kinds of activities |
The Kid's Corner was packed all day. Many thanks to Big Island Toyota for offering the use of their showroom space! |
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| Kids who could answer a simple astro-quiz were treated to whispy cotton candy, courtesy of Subaru Telescope |
Student science projects from schools around the Big Island were featured at AstroDay |
Haaheo Elementary Menehune Midgets Robotics team displayed and demonstrated their project |
Solar observing, Hilo style. Hilo Astronomy Club president Dave Brenned demonstrating the technique with aplomb |
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| Kini Burke and Alex Tejada displayed and demonstrated their craft in the Ka Ho`onau Loina booth |
Keaka Mo`ikeha, of the Makali`i Voyaging Canoe program in front of a scale model of the Hokulea |
Mitchell Lasco, Special Ed Counselor at Kalaniana`ole School was the grand prize winner of a Meade ETX90 telescope |
Kainana Francisco, Yoshimi Okoshi and Richard Tamae holding down the fort at the Distribution Center - Thanks guys! |
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| Eli Bressert gives a lessen in angular momentum to a youngster at the UHH Physics and Astronomy Department booth |
The UHH Physics & Astro Department gave physics demonstrations using an air track |
IRTF Deputy Director Eric Tollestrup freezes a tennis ball in liquid nitrogen |
IRTF Support Astronomer Bobby Bus giving a cool demonstration on optics with lasers an optical bench and dry ice |
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| The Mars Rover, operated by the IfA and IRTF challenged youngsters to drive the robot on a simulated martian terrain to find targets using only video from a camera mounted on the robot. |
The IfA Cryogenics demo booth, with a youngster about to smash a penny to smithereens after being supercooled |
It may be a little difficult to spend this penny at your local store |
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| A young visitor getting a look at Gemini Observatory's parabolic primary mirror model |
Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center Director Marlene Hapai hopes to open in Hilo late 2005 |
UHH Astronomy Club demonstration on gravity |
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Meteor Group Hawaii and the International Occultation Timing Association joined forces |
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| Liz Barton and Mark McGuffie hosting the Hawaii Island Economic Development Board traveling exhibit on Big Island Science |
The HELCO exhibit featured demonstrations on solar energy solutions |
The Oceanic Time-Warner crew had helium balloons for the kids, and supplied the mall with internet access for the day |
The folks at CSO were holding a contest of their own - to win their logo shirt and cap! Man, I want one of those! |
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| Hilo High School Science Club members helped out at the NASA Solar System Ambassador booth |
Tera and her mom Maisha enjoying the activities in the mall |
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Mark Chun of the UH Institute for Astronomy, interacting with some future Adaptive Optics engineers? |
The Joint Astronomy Centre were disappointed that the massage booth next door was off for the day - coulda used them! |
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John Hamilton, infamous former TO and UHH astronomy instructor grinding a mirror blank at the VIS booth |
Tony Sylvester and his wife were back this year, representing the Very Long Baseline Array telescope |
Bobby Bus got off the laser beam long enough to talk to folks about telescopes |
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope brought their model, and had calendars and posters featuring images from MegaCam and 12K |
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UH Institute for Astronomy
Subaru Telescope
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
NASA Solar System Ambassadors
Leiahi Productions
Onizuka Space Center
Oceanic Time-Warner
Student Sciece Projects
Hawaii Island Economic Development Board
Makali`i Voyaging Canoe Project
AstroRangers
Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center
Sub-Millimeter Array
Meteor Group Hawaii |
Joint Astronomy Centre
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Office of Mauna Kea Management
Caltech Sub-Millimeter Observatory
Hilo High School Robotics Team
Haaheo Elementary School Robotics Team
Gemini Observatory
Hilo Guitars and Ukuleles
UHH Physics and Astronomy Department
HELCO
Very Long Baseline Array
Ka Ho`onau Loina
Kids Corner
St Joseph Elementary School |
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