Message from CFHT Librarian, Liz Bryson:
CFHT Community Outreach Recent Past Events March 8, 2008: Hawaiian Family AfFair, at the University of Hawaii, Hilo Plaza. This was a Na Pua No'eau sponsored event. March 28, 2008: There was a public talk titled, "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming" by Dr. Mike Brown from the California Institute of Technology. It was held on the University of Hawaii, Hilo campus in the University Classroom building, Room 100 at 7:00pm. April 12, 2008: Healthy Keiki Fest was held in Kamuela, HI at the Parker Ranch Center. May 3, 2008: AstroDay 2008 at the Prince Kuhio Plaza in Hilo, HI, 10am to 5pm. It was a fun event. May 22-23, 2008: Waimea Elementary School requested several talks for their 4th grade class. June 13, 2008: Several people participated in the Children's Summer Camp at the Kahilu Theater in Waimea. Various Tours of the summit coming up for scientists, teachers and students. Upcoming Events August 6-8, 2008: The 2008 Robotics Educators Conference will be held at Butler County Community College, Pittsburg, PA. Join robotics educators from around the world to learn strategies and real-world techniques to teach science, technology, engineering, and math concepts through robotics. September 6, 2008: The 2008 Hilo FLL Coaches Clinic (robotics) will be held at E. B. DeSilva Elementary School in Hilo, HI, from 9am to 3-4pm. Check out the site for more details. October 25/26, 2008: CFHT will be putting together a team and walking/running in the Kamuela Relay for Life to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. The event will be held at Lindsey park in Kamuela, beginning at 6pm, and going all through the night to 6am in the morning.
CFHT in the News This is the Fox Fur Nebula taken at CFHT. The Maria & Eric Muhlmann Award, for the development of innovative research instruments and techniques to Joss Bland-Hawthorn, School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Karl Glazebrook, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia; and Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation, Kamuela, Hawaii for the "Nod and Shuffle" technique. This observational technique allows astronomers to obtain very faint spectra of celestial objects by naturally subtracting the glow of the nighttime sky. The technique has been used successfully in the study of faint galaxies with the Anglo-Australian Telescope, in the Gemini Deep Deep Survey of galaxies in the early universe, and in other applications. The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope provides this stunning image of the Perseus cluster of galaxies, also known as Abell 425. The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies The WorldWide Telescope Microsoft's much anticipated *WorldWide Telescope* was released. For more information check out this article in the NY Times Educator Roy Gould and researcher Curtis Wong show a sneak preview of Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope, which compiles images from telescopes and satellites to build a comprehensive, interactive view of our universe: Skymaps.com Love to look at the stars but wish you knew which was which? This site offers a free monthly map of the sky for the southern and northern hemispheres in print-friendly formats. Stars, planets, and major constellations are clearly labeled; each map includes lists of items easily seen with the naked eye, with binoculars, or with a telescope, as well as a sky calendar, tips for observing the night sky, and an astronomical glossary. Galaxic Tour of Visible Nebulae Here is a nice video from youtube with a tour of the nebulae of our galaxy. Upcoming Astronomical Events
All times listed above are HST unless otherwise indicated. The link below contains many calendars and includes a nice section on astronomical events. Check it out!
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