ʻO St. Eustatius ka home o ka planetarium mua o ka Caribbean

• Aia ka planetarium ma ka Lynch Plantation kahi mea hou mākaʻikaʻi ma St. Eustatius
• Hiki i ka St. Eustatius planetarium dome ke hoʻokipa i nā malihini kipa he 25 i ka manawa hoʻokahi
• I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe kumu kūʻai no ke komo ʻana i ka planetarium St. Eustatius no ka mea aia nō ia i kāna pae pailaka, akā naʻe, ua hōʻike nā mea hoʻomohala e uku ʻia paha kahi uku komo

Aia wale kekahi o kāna ʻano ma ka honua, a e like me kā Jaap Vreling, ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelima, a i kēia manawa ʻo St. Eustatius (Statia) kahi home o ka planetarium mua ma ka Caribbean.

He papahana hoʻonaʻauao kēia i alakaʻi ʻia e Jaap Vreling lāua ʻo Mr. Ishmael Berkel. Ke aʻo nei ʻo Jaap ma ke Kulanui o ʻAmekekama a he ʻāpana ia o ka Pūʻulu ʻImi ʻImi o Hōkū i ka makahiki 2010, kahi i hoʻomaka ai kahi papahana dome. Me kahi kime o nā haumāna astronoma 14 o ke kulanui, ua huakaʻi ʻo ia me 3 mau kope i nā kula a puni ka Netherlands, e hōʻike ana, a i kekahi manawa ua hoʻohui ʻia ka astronomic i loko o nā papahana kula, ʻoiai ke kū ʻana o ka planetarium ma ka pūnaewele i kōkua nui ʻia no ke aʻo ʻana. o kela kumuhana.

No kekahi mau makahiki, ua moemoeā ʻo Jaap i ka hiki ke lawe i kahi planetarium i Statia. ʻO Isemaela Berkel ka mokupuni ponoʻī, e mālama pū ana hoʻi i kēlā moeʻuhane, a he nui nā kūkākūkā i mālama ʻia ma waena o nā mea ʻelua e hoʻoholo ai pehea e hoʻokō ʻia ai. Mahalo lāua ʻelua i kāna waiwai aʻo, e ʻike nei ke kipa nā haumāna i nā planetarium haʻalele lākou me ka hoihoi nui i ke aʻo ʻana. I nā ʻāina he nui o ka honua, hiki ʻole i ka lewa o ka pō ke leʻaleʻa i ka lani pō. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā Statia ka palena palena like ma mua akā ma mua o kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe wehewehe maʻalahi e pili ana i ka mea e ʻike ʻia. ʻO ke ala waiū, nā hōkū, nā hoku, ka mahina, pehea lākou e pili ai kekahi i kekahi, pehea e hoʻohana ai nā kūpuna iā ia e hoʻokele mai kahi a kahi wahi a me nā ʻano hana ʻē aʻe o ke ao holoʻokoʻa i kēia manawa e aʻo ʻia i loko o ka nohona planetarium ma Statia. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka maikaʻi o nā kipa Planetarium no nā haumāna o nā makahiki āpau, mai ka wā o Kindergarten. ʻAʻole nā ​​haumāna wale nō nā mea e pōmaikaʻi ai. He ʻike ia e hiki ai i nā mea āpau ke mahalo.

ʻO ka planetarium kahi mea mākaʻikaʻi hou aʻe ma ka mokupuni. Aia ma ka Lynch Plantation, hiki i ka dome ke hoʻokau i 25 mau kānaka i hoʻokahi manawa. Hoʻokomo ʻia me nā polokalamu hou loa i kēia ʻoihana, e uhi ʻia nā mea kipa e nā hiʻohiʻona o ka hale kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, e hopena ana i nā ʻike kūpono i ko lākou huakaʻi ʻana ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa. 

Ua wehe ʻia ka wehe ʻana ma Pepeluali 23, 2021 me kahi hui liʻiliʻi o nā malihini i kono ʻia e hele mai. Welina ka lehulehu e kipa ma Pepeluali 24, 25, a me 26 mai ka hola 9:00 a hiki i ka hola 12:00. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe kumu kūʻai no ke komo ʻana no ka mea aia nō ia i kāna pae pailaka, akā naʻe, ua hōʻike nā mea hoʻomohala e uku ʻia paha kahi uku komo.

"Ua mālamalama ka wā e hiki mai ana," i ʻōlelo ʻia e Mr. Berkel, "a eia mākou ma aneʻi e hōʻoia i nā Statians āpau, nā mea nui a me nā mea liʻiliʻi, i kahi manawa e hauʻoli ai. Manaʻo pū mākou e hiki i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa mai i ko mākou mokupuni ke hoʻohui i kēia mea hoihoi i kā lākou ʻike hoʻomaha. "