Third Annual Astronomy Open House

You are cordially invited to the open house at
The University of Hawaii
Institute for Astronomy
Saturday, October 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
2680 Woodlawn Drive, Manoa

(next to the Manoa Public Library and across the street from Noelani School)

 Featuring Activities Including

Sunspot Viewing

Telescope Observations of the Planet Venus

Telescope Mirror Making Demonstration

How Impact Craters are Formed

Bottle Rockets

Comet Making (Every half hour beginning at 10:30 a.m.)

Tours of the Machine Shop and Instrumentation Laboratories
(Every hour beginning at 10:30 a.m.)

Computer Planetarium Shows by Dr. Gareth Wynn-Williams
(11:15 am & 2:00 p.m.)

Public Mini-Lectures on

11:00 am		Telescopes of Mauna Kea,  Dr. Richard Wainscoat
11:45 am		Archeoastronomy & TOPS Teacher Enhancement, Ms Beverly Lynn Wilson
12:30 pm		Dark Matter - Science's Biggest Mystery, Dr. Gareth Wynn-Williams
1:15 pm		Searching for Life on Mars, Dr. Tobias Owen
2:00 pm		Active & Starburst Galaxies, Dr. Robert Joseph
2:45 pm		Using Supernovae to Measure the Universe, Dr. John Tonry
3:15 pm		The Threat from Earth Approaching Asteroids, Dr. Dave Tholen

Please visit the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau's CALENDAR OF EVENTS

and HawaiiEventsOnline.com

Voice mail updates about the IfA's Open House are available at 956-6531.

(Please do not leave messages at this number.)