Events

2012 Astronomy Lecture Series – Günther Hasinger (UH)

Title: Black Holes and the Fate of the Universe View Astronomer’s Website

MOSFIRE: a Powerful New Astronomy Tool at the W. M. Keck Observatory

Ian McLean (UC Los Angeles) On April 4, 2012 a new instrument obtained “first light” on the Keck I telescope at the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea. Known as MOSFIRE, for Multi-Object Spectrometer For Infra-Red Exploration, it is the most advanced capability available today to study star formation, galaxy formation and the early […]

Keck Observatory Open House: Welcome to Our Universe

Saturday, March 16, from 11 am to 3 pm. Free and open to the Public. A unique collection of hands on exhibits, demonstrations and presentations brought together by Keck Observatory staff for Hawaii Island residents and visitors to learn everything they would like to know about our science and technology.

2012 Astronomy Lecture Series – Ben Zuckerman (UCLA)

Title: Violent events in rocky planetary systems: Implications for the fate of technological civilizations, including our own <a href=”http://personnel.physics.ucla.edu/directory/faculty/zuckerman”>View Astronomer’s Website</a>

Solar System Walk 2012

<strong>Fun and Learning for the Whole Family!</strong>
Grab your Solar System Passport and take a stroll along the Big Island’s own planet walk.  On this scale-model journey, learn interesting facts about our cosmic neighborhood.

2012 Astronomy Lecture Series – Jessica Lu (UH)

<strong>Stars born in extreme environments</strong>

<a href=”http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~jlu/”>View Astronomer’s Website</a>

2012 Astronomy Lecture Series at Kahilu Theatre – Brian Siana (UC Riverside)

Title: How Stars Destroyed Most of the Atoms in the Universe

2012 Astronomy Lecture Series at Kahilu Theatre – Richard Wainscoat (UH/IfA)

Title: City Dark: Search for Night on a Sleepless Planet

2012 Astronomy Lecture Series at Kahilu Theatre – Tom Soifer (Caltech)

Title: Seeing the Invisible Universe

2012 Astronomy Lecture Series – Jay Pasachoff

Title: Transits of Venus from Earth, Jupiter & Saturn: Past, Present & Future