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UH telescope part of NASA’s $19.5M artificial star mission

A University of Hawaiʻi telescope on Maunakea will play a key role in a newly approved $19.5 million NASA space mission that will put an artificial “star” in orbit around the Earth. The star will be a satellite that scientists will use to precisely calibrate telescopes and more accurately measure the brightness of objects ranging from nearby stars to distant explosions of supernovae in far-off galaxies. As part of the NASA Landolt Space Mission, astronomers at the UH Institute for Astronomy (IfA) will utilize observations to generate fresh star brightness catalogs.

Astronomers on Maui work every night to protect Earth from asteroids big and small

The University of Hawaiʻi is a major contributor to protecting Earth from asteroids big and small with several telescopes and programs on Maui.

UH: Telescope atop Haleakalā to help track impact of intentional spacecraft, asteroid collision

The Faulkes North telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui, is among the observatories that University of Hawaiʻi astronomers will use to track the impact of a planned crash between a spacecraft and an asteroid.