CSO
joined the Tenth Annual AstroDay 2011. 
CSO joined the
ninth annual AstroDay
2011 on the May 7st at the Prince Kuhio Plaza. This
year, we had two projects at the CSO booth: (1) Art project
to make
your own CSO rocket
and (2) Radio telescope demonstration to understand how light or radio
wave
coming from the Universe is caught by a telescope. In addition, we
were part of the Mauna Kea
Coin Contest 2011 that Mauna Kea
Observatories
Outreach Committee (MKOOC) organized, led by Kumiko Usuda.
The
radio telescope, 1.2-m diameter parabolic radio dish, was
donated by the Oceanic Time Warner Cable in Hilo. We are grateful
for their warm
hearted donation and their support for our public educational outreach
efforts. CSO staff members, Diana, Steve, Pat, Brian, Allen, Ed,
Simon, and Hiroko participated the exciting day at the CSO
booth. Activity of our booth was featured in the
local news of the Hawaii Tribune Herald on May 8th 2011.
Figure 1.
CSO
booth with our observatory model. Pat, Diana and Steve are at the
booth.
Figure 2. Steve
is explaining to families how a telescope collects light/radio wave
from the Universe.
Figure 3. Brian
is talking to a couple about submillimeter astronomy on Mauna Kea.
Figure 4. Pat is
explaining to kids what kind of images we can take with our
telescope.
Figure 5.
A table for the CSO art project to make your own CSO
rockets. Diana is helping kids to create their own rockets.
Figure 6. Big
smile of two young children with their CSO rockets. A boy chose
pink and a girl chose black rockets. :)
Figure 7.
A happy smiling boy with his CSO rocket. He did a great
job.
Figure 8. Kids
are trying out the experiment with Allen. Simon and Brian
are at the tables of the booth.
Figure 9.
Allen is helping young kids to try out the radio telescope
demonstration.
Figure 10.
A girl smiling with her own CSO rocket.
Figure
12. Another happy smiles with their own CSO rockets
decorated so beautifully. Thank
you for stopping by at the CSO booth!
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