Astronomy on Tap Hawai’i: March 6th

Join us on March 6th, 7 pm at Hilo Town Tavern for Astronomy on Tap Hawai’i! We will have two amazing speakers, Bo Reipurth and Peter Michaud, and the trivia will be back. Come join us and enjoy a casual night of astronomy and drinks!

Bo Reipurth is Emeritus Astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy and has a life-long passion for studying baby-stars with all sorts of telescopes in Hawaii and around the world.

The Birth of Stars and Planets: When we look at the stars they seem unchangeable. And indeed they are when viewed on a human timescale. But on timescales measured in millions or billions of years, stars live dramatic lives. I will tell what we today know about the birth of stars similar to our Sun thanks to large telescopes like those on Maunakea. And with star-birth comes planet-birth and a growing understanding of how the more than 5000 planets so far discovered around other stars came to be.

Peter Michaud is the Education and Engagement manager for NSF’s NOIRLab and works out of the Gemini Observatory’s Hilo Base Facility on Hawai‘i Island with a passion for science education and inspiring students to pursue STEM careers

Astronomical Light and Magic: There is much more to collecting and studying starlight than meets the eye. In this presentation, Gemini Observatory’s Peter Michaud will enlighten audiences with some of the remarkable ways that astronomers wrangle starlight to get the most out of the signals that have traveled across the Universe to our telescopes.