Mauna Kea is one of the most important locations in the astronomy world. Located on the main island of Hawaii, Mauna Kea is a million-year-old dormant volcano. With its peak reaching 13,803 feet above sea level, Mauna Kea is the world’s…
The MaunaKeaObservatories (MKO) are a group of independent astronomical research facilities and large telescope observatories that are located at the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaiʻi, United States.
Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii is the tallest peak in the Pacific and by some accounts, the tallest in the world when measured from its base, which is 18,000 feet (5486 m) below the sea.
Mauna Kea, Hawaii's highest volcano, reaches 4205 m, only 35 m above its neighbor, Mauna Loa. In contrast to Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea lacks a summit caldera and is capped by a profusion of cinder cones and pyroclastic deposits.
Jedná se o největší infračervený teleskop, který byl vypuštěn do vesmíru, [7 ] a představuje poslední článek projektu Velkých observatoří spadajícího pod americký Národní úřad pro letectví a kosmonautiku. [8 ] Tento teleskop, vypuštěný 25.
The Submillimeter Array (SMA) is an 8-element radio interferometer located at top Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Operating at frequencies from 180 GHz to 700 GHz, the 6m dishes may be arranged into configurations with baselines as long as 509m…