The Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium
Location: Next to Museum CaféSeating: 70 Max.
Tickets: Included in Main Admission Price
Daily showtimes for the Watumull planetarium: (closed only on Christmas Day):
11:30 am The Sky Tonite
See what’s
up and what’s coming up in our Hawaiian skies.
A short presentation updating space missions
is also covered during this half hour program.
12:45 pm Explorers of Polynesia (In Japanese)
1:30 pm Explorers of Polynesia
Join
us on a journey to Tahiti in our planetarium and
learn some of the techniques of navigating
by the stars as practiced by modern Hawaiian
navigators of today.
3:30 pm The Explorers of
Mauna Kea
From the
peak of the largest mountain on Earth,
scientists explore the Universe with some
of the best telescopes in the world. Learn
why Hawaii is such an ideal spot for the
science of astronomy and also why early Hawaiians
revered this great White Mountain. 30 min.
Information - 847-8203
Recorded Information - 848-4136
Sky Tonight Reservations - 848-4168
2009 Astronomy Highlights
Hawai‘i Sky Events 2009 - This overview provides information on the marking of the Makahiki or Hawaiian New Year, which is determined by a combination of the sunset rising of the Pleiades star cluster and the appearance of the Hilo Moon (first visible sliver of a moon after the new moon) that follows that sunset rising of the Pleiades.