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UH eclipse research finds turbulent times in the Sun’s corona
Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi have uncovered new clues about how energy moves through the Sun’s outer atmosphere, using one of nature’s rarest events as their window: total solar eclipses.
Events
2026 IfA Open House: April 26, 11AM-4PM
The 2026 IfA Mānoa Open House will be April 26th, 11am-4pm! Free admission and free parking. Learn all about space, science, telescopes, and more with hands-on activities, demonstrations, and talks for the whole family. Over 30 stations including Event partners and...
Public Talks
Frontiers of Astronomy Community Lectures in Mānoa
About four times a year, we invite one of our faculty or a distinguished visiting astronomer to give a public lecture on the Mānoa campus.
Maui Maikalani Community Lectures
These talks by our faculty or visitors take place monthly at Maikalani, our building on Maui.
Hawaiʻi Island
IfA scientists regularly participate in “Maunakea Skies” talks given at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i
Institute Colloquia
We invite astronomers from around the world to present talks to our faculty and students in Mānoa and, via the Internet, our Big Island and Maui locations.
Astronomy in Hawaiʻi
University of Hawaiʻi
Public Facilities on Oʻahu
Public Facilities on Hawaiʻi Island
Lectures and Public Events
Amateur and Outreach Programs
Commercial Star Shows
Traditional Hawaiian Astronomy
Maunakea
- Maunakea Observatories
- Visitor Information Station
- University of Hawaiʻi 2.2-m Telescope
- NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)
- W. M. Keck Observatory
- International Gemini Observatory
- Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope (CFHT)
- Subaru Telescope
- James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT)
- United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)
- Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) - NOTE: decommissioned as of 2024
- Submillimeter Array (SMA)
- Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
- Center for Maunakea Stewardship (CMS)
Institute for Astronomy
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