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The UH Institute for Astronomy and Hamilton Library are presenting the exhibit “The Universe: Yours to Discover” in the Hamilton Bridge Gallery through mid-December in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, a global event to encourage all people to rediscover their place in the Universe by viewing the night sky.
The exhibit includes large images of the sky from the film Hawaiian Starlight, by Jean-Charles Cuillandre, an astronomer with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope; rare books from Hamilton Library’s Special Research Collection; and tools used by amateur astronomers. The gallery is on the first floor of the library and is accessible any time the library is open. There is no charge. See the Hamilton Library Bridge Gallery page.
A series of lectures by UH astronomers accompanies the exhibit. All will take place at 3:30 p.m. in Hamilton Library, room 301. They are “Telescopes: Big and Small” (Dr. Alan T. Tokunaga) on Wednesday, October 28, “Sacred Mountains and Astronomy” (Dr. Paul H. I. Coleman) on Wednesday, November 18, and “Hubble Space Telescope: Past, Present & Future” (Dr. Lisa Kewley) on Thursday, December 3.
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Join us for this special IYA2009 star party, hot chocolate, and a peppermint candy cane!
Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy 2009 [IYA2009] with the Institute for Astronomy and the UHM Library.
View the wonders of the heavens as dusk turns to dark – the moon, planets and stars – as revealed by Institute for Astronomy [IfA] telescopes.
Visit the Hamilton Library Bridge Gallery to see the exhibit
The Universe: Yours to Discover!
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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has made a great impact on our knowledge of the Universe, from planets in our solar system, to nearby stars, to extremely distant galaxies. Dr. Kewley will present an overview of the major discoveries made by the HST and will describe the research that the UH astronomers are conducting by combining data from HST with data from the largest ground-based telescopes on Mauna Kea. She will report on the present status of the HST, including the recent successful servicing mission, and will present the HST’s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope.