The 2023 IfA Mānoa Open House will be April 23rd, 11am-4pm!
Free admission and free parking
Event partners and activities:
TWO Portable planetariums with IfA and Bishop Museum
UH Bookstore book and activity sales
Hawaiʻi Lego Users Group (HILUG) display and Lego® building area
Solar system walk
How animals navigate with The Honolulu Zoo
Liquid nitrogen demos with NASA InfraRed Telescope Facility (IRTF)
Infrared camera
Make-a-sundial and Make-a-constellation crafts
Create & Code Robots with Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium
CubeSats and Gravity Well with Hawaiʻi Space Flight Laboratory
SmallSats with Team Laniakea
Pan-STARRS and ATLAS sky surveys
Rovers with MiniROSE team
Bottle rockets
Makahiki games
Solar viewing and solar spectrum
Solar bracelets and crafts with National Solar Observatory
Spectroscopy School
Meteorite exploration with HIGP
Sundial making
Optics
Helicopter Gliders with ʻOhana Kilo Hōkū
Hawaiʻi Science and Technology Museum
T-shirt sales
Ask an Astronomer
Family-friendly astro talks:
12:10pm TMT Project Update – New Vision and Approach (Fengchuan Liu, Yuko Kakazu, & Leinani Lozi)
12:50pm Astronomy and the Meaning of Life (Jonathan Williams)
1:30pm Visitors from Other Solar Systems (Meech)
2:10pm DART: a ‘Smashing’ Success! What’s Next in Planetary Defense? (Larry Denneau)
2:50pm Award-Winning Graduate Student Research (Alexa Anderson & Chris Storfer)