Extragalactic stellar Extragalactic stellar astronomy astronomy
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Haleakala Observatory
Haleakala
Solar Outbursts seen from Haleakala
ATSTAdvanced Technology
Solar Telescope (ATST)
(Haleakala)
$160 million project
largest solar telescope
of the world
Mauna KeaMauna Kea
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Asteroid!
Hawaiian Island Chain
Pan-STARRS – the MoviePan - STARRS
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Killer Asteroids threatening to hit the Earth
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the world’s largest telescope - TMT
Projected costs $ 1 billion !
30 m mirror diameter
TMT Design
Connecting the First Nanoseconds to the Origin of Life
Exploring the process of planet formation
Artist conception of a proto-planetary disk with young planets and asteroids
Exploring other solar systems
Artist conception of planetary system orbiting around 55 Cancri using results of radial velocity Keck observations
Extragalactic stellar astronomy
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