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Exhibit Redesign has Begun!
 As we continually strive to improve our exhibit hall, we are happy to announce that work has started on the Piko Area redesign. The exhibit hall is open and the only section that will be inaccessible will be the Maunakea and starry sky exhibit. These changes will be taking place August to October 2012. We are excited that the exhibit hall will have fresh content for our visitor experience. We thank you for your patience during this transition.
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Exploring Mars - August 5th from 6-8:30pm
 On Sunday, August 5, 2012 NASA's next generation Mars rover, Curiosity, will land at Gale Crater on Mars and continue the exploration for signs of life on the Red Planet. 'Imiloa will compliment this occasion with an "Exploring Mars" night on August 5th, from 6 pm to 8:30 pm.
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Subaru Telescope presents International Space Station Banner to 'Imiloa
A Subaru banner that was carried into space aboard the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station (ISS) in 2009 was recently presented by Dr. Nobuo Arimoto, Director of Subaru Telescope, to Ka'iu Kimura, Executive Director of 'Imiloa. The banner will be displayed outside the Subaru 4D2U theater. We welcome you to visit this special new addition to our Exhibit Hall in mid August after it is framed.
Read more about the history of the banner > |
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Maunakea Skies, August 18th at 7pm
The monthly Maunakea Skies planetarium presentations are held on the third Saturday of each month. The evening begins with a tour of the current night sky over Hawai'i, pointing out prominent constellations and stars one can see during this time of year. Following this, a special guest presenter from one of the Maunakea observatories shares the latest research in astronomy using the 3D planetarium.
August's topic:
Amateur Astronomy
speaker:
Dr. Mike Connelley, NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
host:
Shawn Laatsch, 'Imiloa
Read more about this month's topic & presenter on our blog>
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. Pre-purchase tickets at the 'Imiloa front desk or by phone at 969-9703.
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Members-Only Screening: The City Dark
 Save the date and keep an eye on your in-box! On Thursday, August 16th, 'Imiloa will host a screening of Ian Cheney's The City Dark, followed by a question & answer period with local light pollution control specialists. This is a special, free event for members-only. This screening is a collaboration with POV, the award-winning independent non-fiction film series on PBS www.pbs.org/pov. Look for an e-vite in your in-box in the next week and be sure to RSVP!
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Click to watch The City Dark Official Trailer
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If you have any questions about membership, contact Sally Marrack, our Membership Coordinator, at membership@imiloahawaii.org or (808) 969-9719.
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New in the Bank of Hawaii Museum Store
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By purchasing a gift for yourself or a loved one in the Bank of Hawai'i Museum Store, you are contributing to a broader mission of engaging and inspiring the next generation of innovators and explorers. From Ni'ihau shell lei for your mother to science kits for your keiki, our store offers a unique selection of gifts. No matter the amount, your purchase makes a difference. Your generosity is like the sun and moon, a torch by day and night to guide and support our community.
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Image of the Month
Another Moon for Pluto!
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of a fifth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The moon is irregular in shape and 6 to 15 miles across orbiting at 58,000 miles distant from Pluto. The Pluto science team at STScI is intrigued that such a small planet can have such a complex collection of satellites. The new discovery provides additional clues for unraveling how the Pluto system formed and evolved. The new detection will help scientists navigate NASA's New Horizons spacecraft through the Pluto system in 2015, when it makes an historic and long-awaited high-speed flyby of the distant world. Pluto's largest moon, Charon, was discovered in 1978 in observations made at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Hubble observations in 2006 uncovered two additional small moons, Nix and Hydra. In 2011 another moon, P4, was found in Hubble data. Provisionally designated S/2012 (134340) 1, the latest moon was detected in nine separate sets of images taken by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 on June 26, 27, and 29, 2012 and July 7 and 9, 2012.
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