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1 Aloha VIS volunteers! Relay for Life on July 21 st is fast approaching if you re interested in participating with the MKO All-Stars this year, sign up to come out and support the walk. Our fiscal year is officially over! If you have earned at least 25 volunteer hours from July 2011 through June 30 th, 2012, you will be receiving an invitation to the volunteer banquet soon. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Have: 2 Have: 0 Have: Have: 2 University Astrophysics Club 8 Have: 2 15 Have: 1 Happy stargazing, Kim Stargazing Volunteer Schedule for 7/8 7/ Have: 2 3 * - driver is needed! 5 17 Have: Have: 1 12 Have: 3 19 Have: Have: 1 5 Interested in coming up? Give us a call we d love to have you! If possible, let us know a week in advance. July 7 th, 2012 Hana a lau a lau kea ho, alaila loa a ka i a kāpapa o ka moana. Make four hundred times four hundred fish lines before planning to go after the fighting fish of the sea. Be well prepared for a big project. (as of 7/7) 21 International Students Upcoming Events /7/12 The Universe Tonight! with Dr. Olivier Lai. Contact Janet for more information. 6:00pm 7/7/12 KONA NIGHT at the VIS. Stargazing 7/1/12 University Astrophysics Club at the VIS. Stargazing 7/21/12 Relay for Life with MKO All- Stars! 6:00pm 7/21/12 Malalo I Ka Lani Po. Join us for Culture Night! 6:00pm If you need to cancel, please let us know asap. Mahalo! `ao`ao `ekahi

2 Onizuka Visitor Information Station (808) Open 9:00am 10:00pm Mauna Kea Observatories Support Services 177 Maka`ala Street, Hilo HI (808) Open 7:00am :00pm, Mon-Fri To schedule for volunteering, call the VIS or NEXT FULL MOON: 8/2/12 send us an at Mauna Kea Community Spotlight Do you know somebody who deserves a spotlight? Let us know who you think is an outstanding community member and why at mkvisnews@gmail.com. `ao`ao `elua

3 July Sky 2012 Screenshot taken from Stellarium, dated 7/15/12. Hawaiian star and constellation names are identified according to information found at: -andhttp:// -andcourtesy of Lei and Manu from Hawaiian Culture Night lectures at the VIS. Star names are in white (Western) and yellow (Hawaiian), while Hawaiian constellations and groupings are in pink. Hawaiian navigation star lines are in blue. `ao`ao `ekolu

4 ::. July 2012 Mars Saturn The Leo Trio (M65, M66, and NGC3628) Cigar Galaxy, M82 Spiral Galaxy, M81 (NGC 3031) Butterfly Cluster, M6 Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) Visual Double Mizar & Alcor Globular Cluster, M5 Globular Cluster, M80 Omega Nebula, M17 Lagoon Nebula, M8 Eagle Nebula, M16 Cocoon Nebula, IC 516 Trifid Nebula, M20 (NGC 651) Ptolemy s Cluster, M7 (NGC 675) Dumbbell Nebula, M27 (NGC 6853) Ring Nebula, M57 Sunflower Galaxy, M63 (NGC 5055) Cocoon Nebula, IC 516 Image credit: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Giovanni Anselmi (Coelum), CFHT `ao`ao `eha

5 Upon surveying, several shrines and altars have been found on Mauna Kea. A shrine is defined in the Mauna Kea Science Reserve Master Plan as a convenient term used to designate a simple altar without a prepared court made by individuals or small family groups who conducted a short ritual which required no priest. Over 80% of special sites identified on the mountain are classified as shrines. Shrines usually had at least one element of the following: upright stones (known as `eho), pavement areas (a relatively level surface made with flat stones), and prepared courts. In adze quarries, shrines were found, typically in the form of upright stones, sometimes assembled in straight lines. Some believe the upright stones were where travelers could leave offerings for deities associated with natural phenomena (like rain and wind). These stones (and piles of stones) were known as ahu, and also could serve as trail markers and land boundaries. Resources: `ao`ao `elima

6 WANT TO LEARN? There will be training sessions for volunteers in: how to use our telescopes and fun objects to spot in our summer night sky imaging and data reduction (2-part series) If you are interested in receiving specific training on these topics, please let me know; they will be scheduled on weekends, based on demand. `ao`ao `eono

7 Relay for Life with MKO All-Stars! >> JULY 21 st << Come walk in Relay for Life with the MKO All-Stars team! For more information, visit their webpage at: WHAT: WHERE: WHEN: Relay for Life Francis Wong Stadium, 323 Manono Street, Hilo Opening Ceremony 6:00am Survivor Lap 6:15pm Luminaria Ceremony 9:30pm Fight Back 12:00am Closing Ceremony 6:00am MKO All-Stars have currently raised over $1,00 in donations, but have an anticipated goal of $5,000! Donations are welcome, and are tax-deductible. And as usual, any hours contributed to this event will count towards your total volunteer hours. Contact me via for more details and to sign up. UPCOMING EVENTS with VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 7/21/12 Relay for Life Begins at 6:00pm, Francis Wong Stadium 8/25/12 Trail Maintenance Leave Hilo at 7:00am, arrive back around 3:00pm 9/13/12 Hawaii County Fair :00pm-9:00pm, Civic Auditorium Complex 9/1/12 Hawaii County Fair :00pm-9:00pm, Civic Auditorium Complex 9/15/12 Hawaii County Fair :00pm-9:00pm, Civic Auditorium Complex 9/16/12 Hawaii County Fair :00pm-9:00pm, Civic Auditorium Complex `ao`ao `ehiku

8 Don t forget that if you d like to submit content for the newsletter, contact us via at mkvisnews@gmail.com. October 13th, 2012 For an invitation to this year s Volunteer Appreciation Banquet, you must have at least accrued 25 hours in the last fiscal year. Any hours earned after June 30th count towards this new, current fiscal year, and will be reflected in next year s banquet. If you d like a check on your current logged hours, send me an ! `ao`ao `ewalu