Stargazing at the summit
- Author:
-
Kitchen, John
- Title:
- Stargazing at the summit
- Periodical:
- Spirit of Aloha
- Year:
- 1991
- Volume:
- 16
- Pages:
- 12-15, 64-65
- Subject:
-
Stargazing
Mauna Kea description and travel
- Summary:
- This document describes stargazing from the 13,796 foot elevation of Mauna Kea, Hawaii's tallest mountain and the highest point in the entire Pacific Basin. Here, astronomers from various countries probe the skies and study stars, galaxies, and nebulae that are deep in the universe using the most powerful optical telescopes on Earth.
- Label:
- Mauna Kea - Astronomy
- Collection:
- Periodicals