Extragalactic stellar Extragalactic stellar astronomy astronomy

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Haleakala Observatory

Haleakala

Solar Outbursts seen from Haleakala

ATSTAdvanced Technology

Solar Telescope (ATST)

(Haleakala)

$160 million project

largest solar telescope

of the world

Mauna KeaMauna Kea

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Asteroid!

Hawaiian Island Chain

Pan-STARRS – the MoviePan - STARRS

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Killer Asteroids threatening to hit the Earth

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the world’s largest telescope - TMT

Projected costs $ 1 billion !

30 m mirror diameter

TMT Design

Connecting the First Nanoseconds to the Origin of Life

Exploring the process of planet formation

Artist conception of a proto-planetary disk with young planets and asteroids

Exploring other solar systems

Artist conception of planetary system orbiting around 55 Cancri using results of radial velocity Keck observations

Extragalactic stellar astronomy

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