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Come to the Astronomy Open House on April 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy<\/a> will hold its annual Open House<\/a> on Sunday, April 6, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. at its Mānoa headquarters on 2680 Woodlawn Drive.<\/p>\n

There will be activities, displays and talks for people of all ages. For the keiki, there will be bottle-rocket launching, face painting, shows in the StarLab planetarium and the opportunity to make a glider, sundial, comet or crater.<\/p>\n

Both children and adults will have the opportunity to “Ask an Astronomer. ” Visitors will also be able to explore a 3D virtual environment in the CAVE<\/abbr> and a scale model of the solar system on the front lawn. Talks will discuss the great astronomy being done in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, how science has changed the perception of light, space and time, and many other timely topics.<\/p>\n