1 - July 29, 2008 2:58 pm

Name:

Alfredo Marin

Location:

Chile, Mamalluca Observatory

Comments:

It was really nice meeting you Jon and im looking forward to see you again someday.
I hope you and your wife enjoyed the tour.

2 - July 21, 2008 10:55 pm

Name:

Guillermo

Location:

Chile

Comments:

La experiencia de conocer otra forma de entender la realidad, ha sido importante no para conocer lo pequeños que somos, sino que sabemos dosnde estamos y quienes somos. Gracias al Galaxy Garden, las nuevas generaciones pueden entender con poesía y belleza un poco mas de ser humanos.

3 - June 30, 2008 1:34 pm

Name:

TedG

Location:

Comments:

Now that the galaxy only has two arms in it, will you remake the Garden?

Reply: The Sptzer map is tentative and should be views as an "artist's concept" rather than a data driven map. I believe it unlikely to be so perfectly symmetrical and with curves so smooth and unbroken. I can find no actual barred spiral so pefectly formed. It is statistically unlikely that our galaxy is more perfectly formed compared to all the others we have photographed.

4 - May 20, 2008 11:06 am

Name:

Alex Filippenko

Location:

Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley

Comments:

I visited the Galaxy Garden in early May 2008 and was quite impressed. This is a great way for people to visualize the enormous size and stunning beauty of our home, the Milky Way Galaxy. There are a number of Solar System "walk-along models" available throughout the world (for example, in Ithaca, NY, inspired by Carl Sagan), but I know of no similar model of the Galaxy. This is an excellent educational tool, and well worth a visit if you are on the Big Island of Hawaii.

5 - May 13, 2008 9:42 am

Name:

Helen Toys

Location:

Comments:

Just comes across your guestbook and thought i'd say hello.Nice website and i'll be keeping my eye on it :)