- 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. "
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- With a team of 14 university astronomy students, he travelled with 3 domes to schools throughout the Netherlands, exhibiting, and at times having astronomy being integrated into school programs, as the presence of the planetarium on site served as a key visual aid for the teaching of that subject.
- The milky way, stars, planets, the moon, how they all relate to each other, how ancestors used it to navigate from place to place and many other practical aspects of the universe can now be taught within the captivating planetarium environment on Statia.
- Currently, there is no cost for entry as it is still in its pilot stage, however, the developers have indicated that an entry fee may eventually be charged.
