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• Links
• Observatories
• UH Research
• College Courses
• Amateurs
• Planetariums
• History/Tradition
• Public Education
• Internships
• Manufacturing

 

 

Astronomy in Hawaii

To accompany the third annual STEM supplement (3/26/08), published by the Honolulu Advertiser's Newspaper in Education Program and isisHawaii.

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Upcoming Events

 

Institute for Astronomy
Open House (Oahu)
Sunday April 27th 2008

Astroday (Hilo)
Saturday May 3rd 2008

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Please contact
Gareth Wynn-Williams
with errors and omissions

Mauna Kea Observatories

• Main Website
  • W. M. Keck Observatory
  • Subaru Telescope
  • Gemini Observatory
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope
  • Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
  • InfraRed Telescope Facility
  • UH Institute for Astronomy 2.2m Telescope
  • UH Hilo Educational Telescope
  • James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
  • Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
  • Submillimeter Array
  • Very Long Baseline Array
    
• Visitor Information Station
  

Haleakala Observatories

• Main Website
  • Mees Solar Observatory
  • Solar C
  • Pan-STARRS PS1
  • Faulkes Telescope North

Mauna Loa Observatory

• Mauna Loa Solar Observatory
• Mauna Loa Observatory   (Atmospheric research)

University of Hawaii astronomy research

• Institute for Astronomy
  • Pan-STARRS
  • Astrobiology
• UH Manoa Dept of Physics & Astronomy,
• Hawaii Institute for Geophysics and Planetology
• Interstellar chemistry group
• UH Hilo Physics and Astronomy Dept
  • PISCES

College Courses

• Astronomy Degrees
  • UH-Manoa Institute for Astronomy (for MS, PhD)
  • UH-Hilo Physics & Astronomy Dept (for BS)
• Undergraduate astronomy classes are offered at
• UH-Manoa
• UH-Manoa Outreach College (Summer Session)
• UH-Honolulu Community College
• UH-Kapiolani Community College
• UH-Leeward Community College
• UH-Windward Community College
• UH-Maui Community College
• UH-Kauai Community College
• UH-Hawaii Community College
• Chaminade University
• Hawaii Pacific University
• Brigham Young University Hawaii

Amateur astronomy societies

• Oahu: Friends of the Institute for Astronomy
• Oahu: Hawaiian Astronomical Society
• Hawaii:: West Hawaii Astronomy Cub
• Maui: Haleakala Amateur Astronomers
• Kauai: Kauai Educational Association for Science & Astronomy

Museums and Planetariums

• Oahu: Bishop Museum Planetarium 
• Oahu: Hokulani Imaginarium, Windward Community College
• Hawaii: Mauna Kea Observatory Visitor Information Station
• Hawaii: Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• Hawaii: Onizuka Space Center, Kona Airport 
  

History and Tradition

• Polynesian Voyaging Society
• History of Astronomy in Hawaii

 

Public Educational Programs

• Hilo: Astrorangers
• Hilo: NOMISS
• Oahu: IfA Graduate Student Outreach Program
• Oahu: HISTAR
• Oahu: Astrobiology for Teachers

Internships

• Akamai Internship Program (Maui and Hawaii Island)
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates
• Space Grant

Manufacturing and Consulting

• Ironwood Observatory
• Litebox Telescopes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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