IFA Open House This Weekend

One of the fun annual events to attend is the University of Hawaii at Manoa Institute for Astronomy‘s annual open house. It comes up this Sunday, April 22 starting at 11:00 a.m. Free admission. Details below:

IFA Announcement Card
Check this out on April 22.
  • UH Manoa Institute for Astronomy • Open House
  • Sunday, April 22, 2018 • 11am-4pm
  • Institute for Astronomy Headquarters
  • 2680 Woodlawn Dr.
  • Across from Noelani School, next to Manoa Public Library
  • FREE admission, FREE parking

Join us for a day of family-friendly activities and talks!

Digitalis planetarium – LEGO display by HILUG – Mindstorms Robotics – Comet making –  Air rockets – Bottle rockets – Pacific Aviation Museum – Model solar system – Sundials – Ask an Astronomer – Infrared camera – Thirty Meter Telescope VR – Solar telescopes – UH Bookstore  – Friends of the IfA – Astrophotography – Camera Obscura – Astronomy talks – and more!

Here are some photos for one that I attended a few years ago:

2015 UH IFA Open HouseSolar viewing through one of the institute’s telescopes.

2015 UH IFA Open HouseModel of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). This must be built!

2015 UH IFA Open HouseInformative stuff about the planets and solar system.

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Melvin Ah Ching is a photographer, consultant, blogger, desktop publisher, and computer enthusiast living and working in Hawaii. The Hawaii Files have been online since 2006.