2019

A History of Astronomy on Mauna Kea and the Case for the TMT

Name: A History of Astronomy on Mauna Kea and the Case for the TMT
Start: 2019-09-05T15:30:00-10:00
End: 2019-09-05T16:30:00-10:00
Location: Watanabe Hall

by Prof. Roy Gal (IfA, UH Manoa)

Thursday Sep 5, 2019, 3:30 PM → 4:30 PM Pacific/Honolulu

112 (Watanabe Hall)

112

Watanabe Hall

Description

I will present a history of the development of modern astronomy in Hawaiʻi. I will describe some of the planned TMT science, why Maunakea is the preferred site, and address some of the common misconceptions about the TMT project.

A video of the talk and a pdf file of the slides are included below.

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A History of Astronomy on Mauna Kea and the Case for the TMT

by Prof. Roy Gal (IfA, UH Manoa)

112

Watanabe Hall