#mauna-kea — Public Fediverse posts
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The Subaru Telescope above the sea of clouds on Maunakea
Credit: Karen Maruta/NAOJ
https://subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/facility/2026/05/13/3713.html
#Maunakea #SubaruTelescope #NAOJ #astrodon #astronomy #photography #Hawaii #clouds
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Observatory dome on Mauna Kea, golden light, clouds far below. Beth brought me here to see the islands she once called home. I came for the views and stayed for the hardware.
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Observatory dome on Mauna Kea, shutters open, telescope visible inside. Getting ready for a night of work while the sun goes down behind it.
Machines like this never stop being fascinating.
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Mauna Kea summit at sunset. Observatories lining the ridge, clouds far below, and a sky cycling through every shade of orange before it’s done.
There’s always another view waiting somewhere.
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Sunset from the summit of Mauna Kea. Nearly 14,000 feet up, looking down on the clouds. Beth brought me here to see the place she once called home.
Landscapes like this make the journey memorable.
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The Subaru Telescope and the Milky Way
Credit: Dr. Vera Maria Passegger/NAOJ
https://subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/facility/2026/02/11/3666.html
#Maunakea #Hawaii #MilkyWay #photography #sunsetphotography #SubaruTelescope #astronomy #astrodon #BigIsland
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NOIRLab image of the week
Kīlauea Eruption Captured by Gemini North CloudCam
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Pollard
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2605a/
#NOIRLab #Gemini #Kilauea #volcano #volcanology #astronomy #astrodon #science #Hawaii #BigIsland #Maunakea
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ʻŌnohiʻula: Subaru Telescope’s new Prime Focus Spectrograph receives Hawaiian name. It carries multiple layers of meanings - how the instrument perceives the cosmos much like our eyes perceive light, as well as the color red and its association with the sacred realm of origin in Hawaiian culture.
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Sunset over Maunakea and the Subaru Telescope Preparing for Observation
Credit: Dr. Vera Maria Passegger/NAOJ
https://subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/facility/2026/01/14/3643.html
#Maunakea #Hawaii #sunset #photography #sunsetphotography #SubaruTelescope #astronomy #astrodon #BigIsland
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Snow at the telescopes site on the summit of Mauna Kea! I didn’t know that was a thing.
The live cameras don’t shown much.
East view: https://www.youtube.com/live/6g4Fh8K-MhY
West view: https://www.youtube.com/live/qJ8lYplu1y0
#Astonomy #MaunaKea
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Hawaii in a blizzard 🤪 (well... at 11,000 feet).
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Prime Focus Spectrograph Receives Hawaiian name ʻŌnohiʻula
ʻŌnohiʻula embodies the idea of perceiving the realm of our origins, honoring the people and land of Hawaiʻi and expressing a commitment to exploring the Universe together with the local community.
https://www.ipmu.jp/en/20251223-PFS
#SubaruTelescope #Maunakea #Hawaii #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news
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NOIRLab image of the week
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) over Hawai‘i
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Image processing: M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab) & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2549a/
#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Comet #CometLemon #MilkyWay #Maunakea #Hawaii #photography #astrophotography
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Hawaiian Skies: Makaliʻi 2025
by Leilehua Yuen, Hawaiʻi Culture and Language Resident at the International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab
https://www.maunakeaobservatories.org/stories/hawaiian-skies-makalii-2025
#Astronomy #HawaiianSky #Maunakea #LeilehuaYuen #Hawaii #Astrodon #Constellations #culture #language #hawaiianlanguage
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25 Years of Gemini Part I: The Origin of the International Gemini Observatory
How a bold international collaboration launched an ambitious project to create the next generation of world-class 8-meter telescopes
https://noirlab.edu/public/blog/origin-international-gemini-observatory/
#Gemeni #GemeniObservatory #Maunakea #telescope #telescopes #science #astronomy #astrodon #hawaii
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James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Helps Discover 13 Distant, Dusty Galaxies
#galaxies #Maunakea #science #news #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #Hawaii #JWST #JCMT
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Giant telescope project, long planned for Hawaii, gets cozy with Spain
Spain’s €400 million offer could induce Thirty Meter Telescope to switch sites
https://www.science.org/content/article/giant-telescope-project-long-planned-hawaii-gets-cozy-spain
#TMThawaii #TMT #Astronomy #Hawaii #Maunakea #science #news #Astrodon #Spain
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The Subaru Telescope, awaiting the start of observations
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
https://subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/facility/2025/11/12/3615.html
#Maunakea #SubaruTelescope #Astronomy #telescope #telescopes #Hawaii #HawaiiBigIsland #Observatory #Astrodon #photography #sunset #NAOJ
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Il venerdi nuove curiosità sul nostro pianeta che forse non tutti conoscono!
#divulgazionescientifica #pianetaterra #curiositàscientifiche #campomagnetico #atmosferaterrestre #geomagnetismo #acqua #everest #maunakea #geologyhawaii #hawaiian #postglacialrebound #losapeviche #radioattività
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Hawaiian Skies: Welehu 2025
by Leilehua Yuen, Hawaiʻi Culture and Language Resident at the International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab
https://www.maunakeaobservatories.org/stories/hawaiian-skies-welehu-2025
#Astronomy #HawaiianSky #Maunakea #Hawaii #Astrodon #Welehu #Constellations #culture #language #hawaiianlanguage
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A few mornings ago, Mauna Kea was half red and half blue! It was so cool.
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Il venerdi nuove curiosità sul nostro pianeta che forse non tutti conoscono!
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#divulgazionescientifica #pianetaterra #curiositàscientifiche #campomagnetico #atmosferaterrestre #geomagnetismo #acqua #everest #maunakea #geologyhawaii #hawaiian #postglacialrebound #losapeviche #radioattività -
The Crab Nebula (Messier 1) captured by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Credits: Data obtained using the CFH12K camera on the CFHT; Image by Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT) & Giovanni Anselmi (Coelum); © 2025 CFHT
https://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStarlight/AIOM/English/CFHT-Coelum-AIOM-Sep2025.html
#CFHT #HawaiianStarlight #nebula #crabnebula #nebulae #supernova #supernovremnant #JeanCharlesCuillandre #Messier1 #MessierCatalog #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Science #STEM #scicomm #Maunakea #Hawaii #photography #astrophotography
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Hawaiian Skies: ʻIkuwā 2025
By Leilehua Yuen, Hawaiʻi Culture and Language Resident at the International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab
https://www.maunakeaobservatories.org/stories/hawaiian-skies-ikuwa-2025#Astronomy #HawaiianSky #Maunakea #Hawaii #Astrodon #ʻIkuwā #Constellations #culture #language #hawaiianlanguage
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Il venerdi nuove curiosità sul nostro pianeta che forse non tutti conoscono!
#divulgazionescientifica #pianetaterra #curiositàscientifiche #campomagnetico #atmosferaterrestre #geomagnetismo #acqua #everest #maunakea #geologyhawaii #hawaiian #postglacialrebound #losapeviche #radioattività
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Surprising New Images of Pōwehi Black Hole Unveiled
https://www.maunakeaobservatories.org/stories/surprising-new-images-of-pwehi-black-hole-unveiled
#Maunakea #Pōwehi #BlackHole #physics #blackholes #science #news #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon
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Il venerdi nuove curiosità sul nostro pianeta che forse non tutti conoscono!
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#divulgazionescientifica #pianetaterra #curiositàscientifiche #campomagnetico #atmosferaterrestre #geomagnetismo #acqua #everest #maunakea #geologyhawaii #hawaiian #postglacialrebound #losapeviche #radioattività -
Il venerdi nuove curiosità sul nostro pianeta che forse non tutti conoscono!
#divulgazionescientifica #pianetaterra #curiositàscientifiche #campomagnetico #atmosferaterrestre #geomagnetismo #acqua #everest #maunakea #geologyhawaii #hawaiian #postglacialrebound #losapeviche #radioattività
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Hawaiian Skies: Māhoe Hope
By Leilehua Yuen, Hawaiʻi Culture and Language Resident at the International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab
https://www.maunakeaobservatories.org/stories/hawaiian-skies-mahoe-hope
#Astronomy #HawaiianSky #Maunakea #Hawaii #Astrodon #MāhoeHope #Constellations #culture #language #hawaiianlanguage