Mauna Kea at Night - Photo Gallery 1

©2011 by Fred Espenak. All rights reserved.


Mauna Kea Observatory (MKO) is located near the 4205m (13,800ft) summit of Mauna Kea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. Recognized as one of the world's premier astronomical research facilities, MKO is actually an international collection of independent observatories. Established in 1967, MKO is managed by the University of Hawaii which also operates several of the telescopes. Hawaii's isolation in the mid-Pacific Ocean and the high elevation of Mauna Kea makes it one of the best locations on Earth for ground-based astronomy. The heavens are studies in the submillimeter, infrared and optical wavelengths with telescopes designed specifically for each of these spectral regions.

For additional information on Mauna Kea Observatory, see the official MKO web site.

The following photo gallery presents a collection of images of Mauna Kea Observatory at night.


Click on each thumbnail to see a larger image.





MK87-182
Polar Star Trails
Over CFHT - 1

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MK88-605
Polar Star Trails
Over CFHT - 2

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MK91-311
Orion Rising
From NASA IRTF

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MK89-214
CFHT &
Streaking
Star Trails

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MK88-608
Mauna Kea
Star Trails

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MK88-619
Rising Star Trails
Over Mauna Kea

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MK88-131
Keck Dome &
Star Trails

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MK89-221
Star Trails
& Keck

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MK89-213
Circumpolar
Star Trails
Over NASA IRTF

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MK88-610
Night Visitors at
UKIRT Observatory

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MK89-233
IRTF Lights On
& Star Trails

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MK88-206
Bright Moonlight
on CFHT

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MK89-211
Fisheye Star Trails
Over Mauna Kea

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MK89-222
Orion
Star Trails
Over Keck

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MK89-223
Orion Rises
Over Keck

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MK89-318
IRTF and
Fisheye Star Trails

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MK89-329
Star Streaks Over
Mauna Kea
Observatories

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MK89-313
Searching
the Heavens
From CFHT

MK89-313w.jpg

MK88-655
Polar Star Trails
Above UKIRT

MK88-655w.jpg

MK89-220
Keck Dome
Bathed in Moonlight

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