Kilolani Masthead 3
Mei (May) 2011
Volume 6, Issue 5
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New Kupuna Members

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New Dual Members
Randolph Antonio
David Broadbent
Latisha Crespo-Venti
John Crommelin
Bertha Dement
Lydia Durant
Ann Earles
Christopher Gaines
Tamara Granada
Lance Hamasaki
Don Hansen
Kalar Holland
Gaye Ishimaru
Catherine Killam
Ronna McGuire
Tony Tschopp
Dennis Wulff
 
New Family Members
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Raylynn Carvalho
& Robert Carvalho, Jr.
Patrick Fernandez
& Chadwick Phillips
Danielle & Dean Foster
Robert Garry & Jean Merkel
Arthur Hoke, Jr. & Sibi Hoke
Claude Hottendorf, Jr.
& Maureen Duffy
Rebekah & Carolyn Kirwan
Jonathan & Malia Miyasato
Tisha Montoya
& Sebastian Hansen
Linda & George Puaoi
Lynn Samuels
& Loren Larson
William & Alexis Trout

New Patron Members
June Gibo & Julianne Ito
Terry Miura
& Kahele Miura, Jr.
Michael & Bethany Morrison
Erin & Matthew Nelson
 

New Silver Members

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Masahiro & Carol Nishida
Robert & Teresa Ruiz


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Elodie Ho-A
Eleanor Larson
Dr. Creighton Litton
Linn Solomon
Dennis Suenobu
Lillian Udo

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Robin Black
Dale Braley
Dr. Tom Bruno
Katherine Constable
Lisa Fleury
Lois Fujiyoshi
Helen Gillette Thompson
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Larry Grodin
Mendy Rae Hansen
Susan Hicks
Suzanne Hutchins
Dennis Kanemura
Barbara Meguro
Nyala Neill
Susan Okamoto
Sandra Oshiro
Dr. Samuel Paltin
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Thomas Silva
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Setsuo Takai
Irma Taylor
John Versosky
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Aloha mai!  

Welcome to 'Imiloa's monthly membership e-newsletter, Kilolani.  Mahalo for your support of our programs.  Please send your comments and feedback to our Membership and Development Office at [email protected] or call (808) 969-9732.
  
Mei (May) Calendar
May 4             Science Rocks! After School Program: Weather
May 11           Science Rocks! After School Program: Mad Math        

May 17           Presentation by Astronaut Koichi Wakata at 4:15pm

                     BrushBot FESTival at 5:45pm
May 18           Science Rocks! After School Program: Sustainable Living

May 21           OceanFEST  
                     Maunakea Skies Lecture Series at 7 pm
 
Coming Soon:

Camp 'Imiloa - June through July
'Imiloa After Dark


Daily Planetarium Shows (Tuesday through Sunday)*
        11 am             Maunakea: Between Earth and Sky
        1 pm              Natural Selection (3D) 
        2 pm              Awesome Light 2 (3D)
        3 pm              Natural Selection (3D) 

 

Saturdays
       9:30-11 am     Keiki Kilohoku Korner activities in the atrium
       10:00 am        Earth, Moon & Sun (Keiki Show) 

     *Our planetarium show schedule will change starting June 18!  See below for details.

 

Special Evening Shows 

 Maunakea Skies Lecture Series - Every third Saturday of the month at 7:00 pm
  
Science Rocks! at 'Imiloa 

Designed for students in 4-6th grade, 'Imiloa's Science Rocks! After School programs runs Wednesdays from 2:30-5:15pm.  Space is limited, so be sure to make your reservations early. 
The Newest from 'Imiloa Science Rocks!
The Newest from 'Imiloa Science Rocks!
 
 
Check out our after school webpage or contact Gail Loeffler at (808) 969-9729 or [email protected] for more information.

May Science Rocks! Topics:
   
May 4      Weather 
 
May 11    Mad Math
 
May 18    Sustainable Living: 
              The Future is Ours!
  
Astronaut Presentation May 17 

Kibo ModuleWhat's it like to conduct experiments at the International Space Station? 
Hear astronaut Koichi Wakata's experiences at his presentation on May 17 from 4:30 to 5:30pm in 'Imiloa's planetarium.  Fly to the International Space Station and check out Wakata's Official Flight Kit!  This is a FREE event, open to the public!  Seating is limited, so be sure to come early.
 
Astronaut Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency spent four and a half months at the International Space Station, conducting many experiments at the Japanese Kibo module.  He has been selected as flight engineer for the 38th Expedition Mission and commander of the 39th Expedition Mission, to be launched in 2013. 
  
Brushbot FESTival May 17 

Brushbot FESTivalBring your keiki to learn about the fascinating realm of robotics!  Presented by the award-winning Waiakea High Robotics Club and Future Flight Hawaii/Hawaii Space Grant Consortium, design and construct your very own brushbot and compete in speed racing and sumo brushbot tournaments!
  
All you need to do is register, bring your own AAA battery and come to have fun.  Click here for the flyer.        
  
This FREE public event is for students grades 3-8, but seating is limited.  Register at [email protected] - please include the student's name and grade level, school and name of attending parent.
 
Mahalo to event sponsors Waiakea High Robotics Club, the Thirty Meter Telescope, Hawaii Space Grant Consortiumm and the Robotics Organizing Committee.
  
Ocean FEST Family Science Day!  May 21 

Ocean FEST logoWe are so excited to host once again, Ocean FEST (Families Exploring Science Together), an educational program dedicated to interest Hawai'i keiki in careers in ocean science and related Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields through fun, hands-on activities. 
 
Ocean FEST is offered FREE of charge to members of 'Imiloa and will feature the following activities: 
  • Penny Plop: An Exploration of Surface Tension
  • Drowning Island: How does Climate Change affect Sea Level?
  • Cartesian Divers: Experimenting with Pressure & Density
  • Oil and Water Tubes: An Illustration of Ocean Properties
  • Coral Sand and Vinegar: Investigating Ocean Acidification
  • Make a Microbe
Activities are geared for children grades 3-6 but are open to children of all ages.  Parents or guardians need to be in attendance, and parent-child teams are limited to no more than 2 children per adult. 
 
Because space is limited, RSVPs are required!  Please join us, click here for the invite
 
Ocean FEST Banner
  
Maunakea Skies May 21 at 7pm

Peering through Nature's telescope -
Gravitational Lensing as a window into the distant universe
 

Maunakea Skies
Galaxy Cluster Abel 2218
Gravitational "bending" of light is one of the many awe inspiring phenomena predicted by Einstein's theory of Relativistic Gravity, and which have since been unambiguously borne out by observations. Since the first confirmation of a gravitational lens in 1979 -nearly 45 years after it was hypothesized- the catalog of confirmed lenses now runs to a few hundreds.  With advances in the instrumentation available at the modern 8m class telescopes, similar to those on Maunakea, the magnification boost provided by gravitational lensing - Nature's telescope - is now being harnessed to probe astrophysical processes in extremely distant, faint objects even in the very early universe with a level of detail that would otherwise be exceedingly challenging.  This presentation aims to explain the principles of gravitational lensing using basic physics, trace its development as a powerful observational tool, and present two applications and related results drawn from Dr. Thanjavur 's research.

Hosted by Shawn Laatsch, 'Imiloa's Planetarium Manager, Maunakea Skies is held every third Saturday in the Planetarium.  Cost is $5 for Individual, Dual, Kupuna and Family members; $3 for Patron Members, Free for Silver, Gold and Corporate Members.  Non-member rate is $8.  
  
Maunakea SkiesDr. Karun Thanjavur develops innovative uses for gravitational lensing as an observational tool in his current position as Resident Astronomer at the Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT).  These explorations of the distant universe come after a full career as a mechanical engineer, specializing in control systems and robotics. Born and raised in a small town in South India, Dr. Thanjavur completed his education up to a bachelors degree in engineering there, before emigrating to Canada to pursue graduate studies first in Robotics, and later in Astrophysics. His current position at CFHT provides me the enriching experience of working with cutting-edge telescope technology while pondering on Nature's many wonders in our Universe.

  
Camp 'Imiloa is Back!

  
Camp Imiloa 2010
Camp 'Imiloa 2010
Want your keiki to learn while having fun? Come and join us during 'Imiloa's five weeks of summer camp!  Your keiki will experience hands-on traditional Hawaiian games as well as discover the rhythmic dance moves of Capoeira.  They will learn about bugs and plants while taking part in an archeology dig and creepy crawly scavenger hunt!  Other topics offered are sustainability and technology as well as things that go zoom. 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Camp Schedule

  • June 6-10  Numbers, Movement, and Games    
  • June 13-17  Camp for Girls -Sustainability and Technology
  • June 20-24  Camp for Boys - Sustainability and Technology
  • June 27-July 1:  Our Living World
  • July 11-15:  Things That Go Zoom!

Please visit this link for more information: http://www.imiloahawaii.org/52/camp.   

  
Mei (May) Skies 2011
  
May Skies

Highlights from the Night Sky - May 2011
  • Mercury is best viewed the first  week of May right before sunrise in the eastern sky.
     
  • Venus rises 1 hours before the Sun and is low morning sky.
     
  • Mars is also low in the morning sky this month.  It will make a nice group with Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter.
     
  • Jupiter returns to our morning skies this month and is low in the east.
     
  • Saturn is visible most of the evening, setting about 2 hours before sunrise.
      

Mei Celestial Calendar 
Date                                Event

  
Sunday, May 1            Hoku'ulapina'au (Mars) 0.5� north Ka'awela (Jupiter)
                                Both planets 6� south of the Moon

  

Monday, May 2            Muku (New Moon) at 8:51pm HST    

  

Saturday, May 7          Ukaliali'i (Mercury) in Greatest Eastern Elongation
                                Astronomy Day

  

Tuesday, May 10         Olekukahi (First Quarter Moon) at 10:33am HST
                                Ukaliali'i (Mercury) 2� south of Ka'awela (Jupiter)

 

Wednesday, May 11     Hokuloa (Venus) 0.6� south of Ka'awela (Jupiter)

 

Saturday, May 14        Makulu (Saturn) 8� north of the Moon

 

Tuesday, May 17         Hoku (Full Moon) at 1:09 am HST

 

Thursday, May 19        Ukaliali'i (Mercury) 2�south of Hoku'ulapina'au (Mars)

 

Tuesday, May 24         Kaloakukahi (Last Quarter Moon) at 8:52am HST

 

Sunday, May 29          Ka'awela (Jupiter) 6� south of the Moon

 

Monday, May 30          Hoku'ulapina'au (Mars) 4� south of the Moon

 

Tuesday, May 31         Hokuloa (Venus) 4� south of the Moon  

 

  
Image of the Month

MESSENGER at Mercury
MESSENGER at Mercury

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington


Launched in August 2004, MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) has now become the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, the innermost planet of our Solar System. MESSENGER has made three flybys of Mercury, and after almost 7 years, it finally entered Mercury orbit on March 17.  Though Mercury is larger and much denser (with a higher percentage of iron in its interior), the planet still looks like the moon at first glance. In this MESSENGER image (combining red, green, and blue wavelengths), subtle color variations observed on the planet are displayed. The bright rays of Hokusai crater can be seen crossing the surface from north to south. Spectral variations may be due to differences in particle size, duration of time exposed on surface, or composition. The MESSENGER team is working hard to unravel the complicated story contained in this and other beautiful color images.
  
  
Planetarium Schedule Change

Starting June 18, 'Imiloa's planetarium will feature a fresh, new schedule! 

June 18 through September 30: 
     11am    HAYABUSA: Back to Earth
     Noon     Keiki Show - Sesame Street (until July 3)
     1 pm     Maunakea: Between Earth and Sky
     2pm      Awesome Light 2 - in 3D  
     3 pm     Skies Above Hawaii - a 3D live show

Friday night programming (starts June 17)
Led Zeppelin at 7pm and 8:30pm

Saturdays 10am   Keiki Show - Our Place in Space (June 18 until July 2)   
     
Stay tuned to our website and Kilolani for more information!
  
NEW for School Groups! Backpacking at 'Imiloa 


Come backpacking with us!'Imiloa's Backpack Adventure is a navigation series that offers activities for teachers and students visiting our center.  Students in grades 3 - 6 will embark on new adventures where they will use their imagination to observe the natural world.  With their backpacks on and their Adventure Cards in hand, students will investigate components of our Solar System, use exploration tools to discover Hawaiian plants, and learn the skills involved in Hawaiian voyaging.

 

Teachers, please use this link to find out more information http://www.imiloahawaii.org/assets/Navigations3-6ParentTeacherGuidelines.pdf.

 

 

  
Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation 

Never Lost Website
Congratulations to the Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation website that was named an official honoree for the science category in the 15th Annual Webby Awards.  Of the nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 US states and over 60 countries, fewer than 10% were distinguished. This honor signifies an outstanding caliber of hard work.

 

Please look into www.webbyawards.com for more information about the Webby Honorees and http://www.exploratorium.edu/neverlost/ for the Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation website.

  
Merrie Monarch Events at 'Imiloa 
Merrie Monarch Events at 'Imiloa

'A'a I Ka Hula
by Ke Kula O Nawahikalani'opu'u

Photo by Robbyn Peck


Merrie Monarch Events at 'Imiloa brought in flocks of visitors near and far - if you came to partake in our unique hula-inspired programming, MAHALO!  If you missed it or want to relive the magic, check out our blog at http://blog.imiloahawaii.org/.    

 

Mahalo to the County of Hawai'i Research and Development and the Hawai'i Tourism Authority for their continued support of Merrie Monarch programming at 'Imiloa.

  
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Your giving tells the story of what you value most in life.

Through the UH Foundation Office of Estate and Gift Planning, you can design and implement your most impactful gift - a gift that will support 'Imiloa, while offering you and your family added benefits. These may include providing you with a lifetime income, bypassing capital gains tax on sale of appreciated property, and income tax deductions.

We are committed to helping you fulfill your vision for 'Imiloa Astronomy Center at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo through charitable estate and income tax strategies.  There are more unique ways to support 'Imiloa's mission than you've ever imagined!

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'Imiloa is fortunate to have the services of the University of Hawai'i Foundation Office of Estate and Gift Planning to serve our friends, alumni and other supporters.  The UH Foundation is available to provide complimentary gift and estate planning consultation to supporters of 'Imiloa, the University, and their tax and financial advisors. 

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