Astronomy Facilities

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="015285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Full Moon Studios</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Full Moon Studios"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="013d2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> The astronomy facilities at the summit of Mauna Kea are considered the best in the world due to the high elevation (13,700 ft), extremely low light pollution, and 85% clear nights. In 2005, I worked at the summit for 4 nights using an infrared telescope and spent the daytime at the 9,300 ft elevation Hale Pohoku ("House of Stone"), the astronomer's lodge. </div> <bR> <div> In 2007, when I returned to Mauna Kea for another observing run, I again had 4 nights on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Astronomy Facilities</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="4a71be40.jpg" border=0 width="283" height="484" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="4a9e5ea0.jpg" border=0 width="741" height="490" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="469c2280.jpg" border=0 width="706" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="4acc42b0.jpg" border=0 width="452" height="299" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="4aef0480.jpg" border=0 width="496" height="328" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="4b2ad470.jpg" border=0 width="429" height="327" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="4b6fa4e0.jpg" border=0 width="506" height="334" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>