#Pan-STARRS telescope

From atop Maunakea on the Big Island to around the world, astronomers and citizen stargazers are eagerly awaiting the passage of the interstellar comet through our solar system.

Astronomers on Haleakalā raced against a brief 60-minute window during the May 26, 2021 total lunar eclipse — when the sky was darkened during a full moon — to search for faint Near-Earth Objects. And, using the University of Hawaiʻi Pan-STARRS telescopes, they pinpointed three to the northwest of the eclipsed moon.