A brief history of astronomy in Hawai’i

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A brief history of astronomy in Hawai’i Dr Glen Mackie Department of Physics & Astronomy Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing 1

Polynesian astronomy and earliest settlement Outline of Talk Polynesian astronomy and earliest settlement Early scientific observations Halley’s Comet Early Radio astronomy and Grote Reber Hawaiian Astronomical Society International Geophysical Year 1957-58 Haleakala beginnings Solar Observatory Kuiper visits Mauna Kea and loses it Birth of the IfA Mauna Kea Science Reserve TMT and opposition to further development 2

Polynesian astronomy and earliest settlement Easter Island 3

Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe, the Hokule`a, Excellent web site http://www.exploratorium.edu 4

Early scientific observations Credit: Hawaiian Journal of History Astronomer George Lyon Tupman, leader of an 1874 project in Honolulu to observe the transit of Venus 5

Halley’s Comet The Astronomical and Astrophysical Society's Comet Halley observatory by Diamond Head in 1910. 6

Comet Halley as photographed by Prof Comet Halley as photographed by Prof. Ellerman near Diamond Head in 1910 7

Early Radio astronomy and Grote Reber A portion of Grote Reber’s antenna structure showing the circular track upon which it rotates. In the background is Red Hill, the summit of Haleakala, and some remaining WW2 structures. 1955. 8

Hawaiian Astronomical Society The Bishop Museum Planetarium soon after construction in 1962. 9

International Geophysical Year 1957-58 Haleakala ~1957: Satellite Tracking - no environmental impact statements and no building permits ! 10

The University of Hawaiì Solar Observatory at Makapuù Point, Oahu, 1967. The solar radio noise 10-ft dish is at the left. The heliostat mirror is at the left end of the building. Image of the Sun taken at the Makapuù Point Solar Observatory on 29 February 1958, in hydrogen light (H-alpha) 11

Haleakala beginnings The Baker-Nunn Satellite Tracking Camera was dedicated on August 2, 1958. 12

Airglow and zodiacal light photometers Airglow and zodiacal light photometers. The cluster of telescopes rotates in azimuth while scanning the sky at various altitudes. (1962) 13

Solar Observatory Haleakala solar observatory upon initial completion, November 1962 part of the Hawai`i Institute of Geophysics. The facility was informally called the HIG Haleakala Observatory, or HIGHO ! 14

Kuiper visits Mauna Kea and loses it Looking from Haleakala on Maui, the snow-covered summit of Hawaii's Big Island, Mauna Kea can be seen. 15

University of Hawaii 2.2-meter telescope (began 1970) 16

Birth of the Institute for Astronomy The IfA in 1978 17

Mauna Kea Science Reserve 18

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TMT and opposition to further development Courtesy TMT International Observatory http://www.tmt.org Side view of TMT 20

March 26, 2015: Mauna Kea Access Road at Hale Pohaku March 26, 2015: Mauna Kea Access Road at Hale Pohaku. Credit: David Corrigan 21

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References and Recommended Reading History of astronomy in Hawai`i (Steiger and Jeffries) https://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/ifa/history.shtml A Brief History of Astronomy in Hawai'i since 1940 by Andrew Pickless http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/hilo/Images/MercTrans/MKhistory.pdf History of Astronomy on Mauna Kea (NRAO) http://www.cv.nrao.edu/rocks/pdf/Hawaii.telescopes.pdf Polynesian Voyaging Society http://www.pvs-hawaii.com/ http://www.exploratorium.edu The Heart of the Hawaiian Peoples' Arguments Against the Telescope on Mauna Kea http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/heart-hawaiian-people-arguments-arguments-against-telescope-mauna-kea-180955057/?no-ist Resources Sean Goebel Photography http://www.sgphotos.com/ 23