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send an email to ifaevents@ifa.hawaii.edu.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Escorted trip to Mauna Kea Observatories for
Friends who have made gifts to the IfA at the Contributor level or higher.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
"SETI: If the Cosmic
Telephone Rings, Should We Answer it?," IfA astronomer Gareth Wynn-Williams, IfA Manoa Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Free.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Friends of the Institute for Astronomy special workshop at the IfA Maui building Maikalani and atop Haleakala Observatories. Limited to 30 people who are members of the Friends. $80 plus air transportation and lodging. Call 956-6665 for more information.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Frontiers of Astronomy Community Lecture, "X-Raying Dark Matter," IfA astronomer Pat Henry. Manoa Valley Theatre, 2833 East Manoa Rd., 7:30 p.m. Free. Free parking is available on the street, in the IfA lot, or in the Safeway lot.
Earlier Events
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Maui Maikalani Community Lecture: IfA postdoctoral fellow David Harrington will give a talk entitled "Stellar Winds: Observing Stars
from Haleakala" at 6:30 p.m. on at the Maikalani building in Pukalani. Free.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Dr. Jeffrey Gillis-Davis,
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, UH Manoa, "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: A Prelude to Lunar Bases," 7 p.m., Kilauea Military Camp, Koa Room. Stargazing to follow, weather permitting. Free.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Frontiers of Astronomy Community Lecture, "Other Worlds," John Johnson, IfA NSF Fellow. IfA Manoa Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Free.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Public Lecture on Maui. Sol Kaho`ohalahala will present "Mai Ka Lani: Mauka–Makai," an examination of the Hawaii of old, the people, their works, their knowledge, advancements and achievements that lay a path to the future. "I ka wa mamua, I ka wa mahope." Moving toward the future requires that we look to the past. Maikalani (Advanced Technology Research Center), 6:30 p.m.
Free.
Monday, June 2, 2008
"Killer Asteroids," a talk by IfA astronomer Robert Jedicke. IfA Manoa Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. (light refreshments at 6:30). Free.
Frontiers of Astronomy Community Lecture, "Oceans: Origins and Distribution of Water on Earth and in Space," UH Manoa Art Building Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. Free. Speakers: Robert Jedicke and Karen Meech (IfA), Michael Mottl (UH Oceanography), Torrence Johnson (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Stephen Mojzsis (University of Colorado)
Public Lecture on Maui, by Dr. Marcelo Emilio, State University of Ponta Grossa (Brazil), "The Search for Extrasolar Planets and Stellar Seismology with the COROT Satellite," Maikalani (Advanced Technology Research Center), 6:30 p.m. Free.
Friday, December 14, 2007
AstroTalk, Alex Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley, "Exploding Stars - Celestial Fireworks!" 7 p.m., UH Hilo, University Classroom Building, room 100. Free.
Jim Peebles, Albert Einstein Professor Emeritus, Princeton University, UH Manoa Distinguished Lecture Series, “Discovering the Big Bang,” 7 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom, UH Manoa
Friends of the Institute for Astronomy Mauna Kea Observatories Tour. For members of the Friends only. Fee. Program (pdf, 3.6 MB) Registration Form (pdf, 2.4 MB) For more information, call 956-6665.
Friday, August 10, 2007
AstroTalk, Hilo, “Atlas of Dark Nebula in the Milky Way,” Jerry Dobek, Northwest Michigan College, 7 p.m., UH Hilo, University Classroom
Building (UCB), room 100.
Frontiers of
Astronomy Community Lecture,"Killer
Asteroids and What We Can Do about Them," a
panel discussion featuring NASA astronaut Ed Lu and
IfA astronomers David Tholen, Robert Jedicke, and Nick
Kaiser, 7 p.m., UH Manoa Art Building Auditorium (Room
132).
Friday, January 19, 2007
AstroTalk, Hilo, "Killer
Asteroids and What We Can Do about Them," a
panel discussion featuring NASA astronaut Ed Lu and
IfA astronomers David Tholen, Robert Jedicke, and
Nick Kaiser, 7 p.m., UH Hilo, University Classroom
Building (UCB), room 100.
AstroTalk, Hilo, "A
Crisis in the Urban Universe," Peter
Capak, IfA alumnus who is now a postdoctoral
fellow with the COSMOS project at the California
Institute of Technology, 7 p.m., UH Hilo, University
Classroom Building (UCB), room 100.
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Bobby Bus (IfA Hilo) presents, "The
Search for Water in the Solar System," 6
- 10 p.m. Visitor Information Station on Mauna Kea.
Stargazing until 10 p.m. will follow. For more information
about Visitor Information Station, visit www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis
6-10 p.m., Visitor Information Station
(Hilo)
Universe Tonight, popular monthly astronomy program. John Hamilton: "The Sky Is Falling!"
Stargazing until 10 p.m. will follow. For more information
about Visitor Information Station visit: www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis
Mercury will transit (cross) the face of
the Sun beginning at 9:12 a.m. HST. See Mercury
Transit 2006 for information about Webcast.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Frontiers of Astronomy Community
Lecture, by Prof. Andrew Liddle, University
of Sussex, United Kingdom, "The
Era of Precision Cosmology"7:30 p.m.,
IfA Manoa Auditorium, 2680 Woodlawn Drive.
Frontiers of Astronomy Community
Lecture, a panel discussion by Dr. Seth Shostak,
SETI Institute, and Dr. Chris McKay, NASA Ames Research
Center, "Searching
for Life in the Universe,"7:30-9:00
p.m., UH Manoa Art Building Auditorium (Room 132). Sponsored
by the IfA and the NASA Astrobiology Institute.
AstroDay,
Prince Kuhio Plaza, Hilo, Hawaii, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Frontiers of Astronomy Community Lecture by
Dr. Manuel Peimbert, professor at the National Autonomous
University of Mexico, "The
Origin of the Elements: Are We Made of Stardust?" 7:30
p.m., IfA Manoa Auditorium, 2680 Woodlawn Drive
AstroTalk, Hilo"The
Artist in the Observatory"
Jon Lomberg, scientific illustrator, 7 p.m., UH
Hilo, University Classroom Building (UCB), room 100.
Friday, December 2, 2005
AstroTalk, Maui "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the End of Everything" Join
a panel of UH astronomers to hear what science has
to say about the end of the Earth, the Universe, and
...er...everything. 7 p.m., Queen Ka`ahumanu Center, Center
Stage,
Kahului
Thursday, December 1, 2005
AstroTalk, Hilo "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the End of Everything" Join
a panel of UH astronomers to hear what science has
to say about the end of the Earth, the Universe, and
...er...everything. 7 p.m.,
UH Hilo, University Classroom Building (UCB), room 100.
Frontiers of Astronomy Community
Lecture: "What
We've Learned So Far," Dr.
Karen Meech, 7 p.m., School of Architecture Auditorium
(room 205), UH Manoa. For those who cannot make the event
in person, the lecture will be webcast by UH Information
and Technology Services (ITS). Make sure your computer
has Real Player, and point your web browser to: http://uhtv.hawaii.edu:7070/ramgen/encoder/astro050922.rm
