AstroDay Hawai‘i

Gemini Administrative Specialist Natalia Gonzalez demonstrates making (and eating) moon phases with cookies.

On Saturday, April 30th, Hilo’s annual AstroDay celebration attracted several thousand local visitors to the Prince Kuhio Plaza in Hilo. About a dozen Gemini staff helped our Public Information and Outreach group as we overtook a vacant store, all in the name of STEM education! Once inside, and after experiencing a demo on carbon dioxide snow mirror cleaning, visitors engaged in hands-on activities, and a brief introduction to the evening sky using our (newly refurbished) portable StarLab planetarium.