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  1. 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.

    #Photography #ScottKissPhoto #MaunaKea

  2. 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.

    #Photography #ScottKissPhoto #MaunaKea

  3. 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.

    #Photography #ScottKissPhoto #MaunaKea

  4. 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.

    #Photography #ScottKissPhoto #MaunaKea

  5. 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.

    maunakeaobservatories.org/stor

    #Maunakea #Hawaii #astronomy #astrodon #science

  6. 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: youtube.com/live/6g4Fh8K-MhY

    West view: youtube.com/live/qJ8lYplu1y0

    #Astonomy #MaunaKea
    m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/11584381290

  7. 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.

    ipmu.jp/en/20251223-PFS

    #SubaruTelescope #Maunakea #Hawaii #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news

  8. 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)

    noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw

    #NOIRLab #Astronomy #Comet #CometLemon #MilkyWay #Maunakea #Hawaii #photography #astrophotography

  9. 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

    noirlab.edu/public/blog/origin

    #Gemeni #GemeniObservatory #Maunakea #telescope #telescopes #science #astronomy #astrodon #hawaii

  10. A few mornings ago, Mauna Kea was half red and half blue! It was so cool.

    #hawaii #MaunaKea #nature #photography