Mauna Kea Astronomy Outreach Committee

Summer Wayfinding Talk

Science Results - Subaru Telescope Observations and the CoRoT Mission Unveil the Future of the Sun

A team of astronomers has found the farthest known solar twin in the Milky Way Galaxy-- CoRoT Sol 1, which has about the same mass and chemical composition as the Sun. Spectra...

Gemini Arrives Early to the Scene of “Shockingly Bright” Gamma-ray Burst

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Request for Proposal for TMT Geotechnical Investigation – Submission Date: June 15, 2013

Request for Proposal (“RFP”) for the TMT Mauna Kea Geotechnical Investigation – Submission Date: June 15, 2013  ...

A Brilliant Merrie Monarch Parade

On Saturday, April 6, 2013, volunteers from Subaru Telescope joined other members of the MKAOC (Mauna Kea Astronomy Outreach Committee) group to march in the annual Merrie...

Summer Camp for K-5, WAI-ology

The Art of Koichiro Kawaguchi

TMT Takes Step Towards Construction after Approval by the Board of Land and Natural Resources

Friday marked another important step forward for the future of astronomical discovery and economic opportunity on Hawaii Island. The Hawaiian Board of Land and Natural...

Science Results - Discovery of a Blue Supergiant Star Born in the Wild

A duo of astronomers has discovered a blue supergiant star located far beyond our Milky Way Galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Over fifty-five million years ago, the star...

Now Quarterly, April Issue of GeminiFocus Available

The Gemini Observatory newsletter, Gemini Focus, is now quarterly and available as both a downloadable PDF and in an on-line e-reader format compatible with desktop...

Astronomers Using Keck Observatory Discover Rain Falling from Saturn’s rings

Kamuela, HI—NASA funded observations on the W. M. Keck Observatory with analysis led by the University of Leicester, England tracked the “rain” of charged water particles...

NASA and Caltech Astronomers Find Potential Energy Supply For Life on Europa

KAMUELA, HI – Observations of Europa from the W. M. Keck Observatory help NASA and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) astronomers go one step further in...

Astronaut 3D premieres at 'Imiloa April 6, 2013

The Beauty of Barred Spiral Galaxies on tap for April's "Maunakea Skies"

Science Results - Gravitational Lensing in the Peculiar "Magatama" Galaxy

A team of astronomers has investigated the effect of gravitational lensing on the properties of the background galaxy in an overlapping system of two young galaxies lying in an...

Searching for the True Colors of M87's Globular Clusters

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TMT Science Forum - An Opportunity to Explore and Shape the Science Case for TMT

The Thirty-Meter Telescope Observatory will host the inaugural "TMT Science Forum" on July 22 and 23, 2013 at the Waikoloa Resort on the island of Hawaii. The TMT is...

Engaging the U.S. Astronomy Community - NSF Awards Partnership-Planning Grant to TMT

Today the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a cooperative agreement to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Observatory Corporation to explore a potential partnership...