CSO
participated AstroDay 2008 
CSO participated AstroDay 2008.
CSO's booth was located on one of the busiest spots
in the Prince Kuhio Plaza mall. This year, we had three projects
at the CSO booth; (1) Art
project to make a CSO windsocks, (2) Space and Time project that uses a
remote control
car that has a time delay, and (3) Radio telescope demonstration
project. In addition, we
had an entry box to win CSO T shirt and CSO bag. Almost four
hundred kids made their own
CSO windsocks and 120 people entered to win the CSO T shirt and CSO
bag. Lots of
kids
enjoyed playing with a remote control car and understoold that there is
a time delay when we
control robots in space, like robots on Mars or on the Moon. For
the 1.2m-diameter parabolic
radio dish demonstration, by dropping a ping-pong ball down on the good
surface of the dish
which sat against the gravity, kids learned the ball was bounced up at
the focus position always.
The parabolic dish was donated by the Oceanic Time Warner Cable located
in Hilo. We are
so grateful for their warm hearted donation and their support for our
public educational outreach
efforts. Followings show some of the picture of the AstroDay 2008
at the CSO booth.
Figure 1. CSO booth wide view.
Figure 2. The CSO Leighton telescope model and an entry box to
win a CSO T shirt and a CSO bag.
Figure 3. Steve explains how a radio telescope catches weak signal from
the Universe using a ping-pong ball.
Figure 3. Steve and Walter explain to the participants of the day how
weak signal from the Universe will be focused with a radio
telescope.
Figure 4. Riley is guiding
kids how to operate a remote control robot outside of the Earth with
some time delay.
Figure 5. A lot of kids enjoy
playing with a remote control car outside of the Earth with time delay.
Figure 6. Diana is helping
kids to make and decorate their own CSO windsocks.
Figure 7. Diana, Ed, and
Heyley are helping kids for the CSO windsocks project.
Figure 8. A snapshot of happy
smile face with her own CSO windsock!