Skywatch: Telescopic instrument is given Hawaiian name

• May 26, 2024

November skies bring meteors, celestial start to Makahiki season

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• Oct. 29, 2023

A University of Hawaii-led discovery of an immense bubble 820 million light-years from Earth is believed to be a fossil-like remnant of the birth of the universe. Read more

Skywatch: Helium star’s powerful magnetic field draws in Mauna Kea researchers

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• Sept. 27, 2023

A team of researchers utilizing the Canada-France- Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea, led by Tomer Shenar at the University of Amsterdam, found a highly unusual star that has the most powerful magnetic field ever found in a massive star. Read more

Skywatch: Supermoons, shower and Saturn will fill sky

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• July 30, 2023

Astronomers using telescopes on Mauna Kea have found a planet that defied the odds and escaped being engulfed by its star. Read more

Skywatch: Gaze up for supermoon, down for Lahaina noon

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• June 25, 2023

A scorching exoplanet is providing new insight into how giant gas planets such as Jupiter and Saturn form. Read more

Skywatch: Unique lunar eclipse will grace Hawaii skies

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• April 30, 2023

Astronomers using the Gemini Observatory on Mauna Kea are pulling apart a mystery surrounding two galaxies that collided 25 million to 30 million years ago, informally known as the “Taffy Galaxies” for their twisted shape. Read more

Skywatch: Comet might be visible on clear February night

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• Jan. 31, 2023

The nearly two-week-long Mauna Loa eruption that started in late November stopped before it reached the cross-island Daniel K. Inouye Highway, which would have disrupted commutes for Hawaii island residents and, potentially, access to the Mauna Kea Observatories. Read more

Skywatch: Lunar eclipse, Leonids highlight November sky

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• Oct. 30, 2022

A total lunar eclipse will be visible in Hawaii from the late evening of Nov. 7 to the early morning of Nov. 8. Read more

Skywatch: Orionid meteor shower, star families light up sky

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• Sept. 25, 2022

Have you ever noticed that the planets Uranus and Neptune are two distinct shades of blue? Read more

Skywatch: Gas giants, Milky Way will grace evening sky

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• Aug. 28, 2022

One of the top areas of research in astronomy in recent years has involved the study of exoplanets, planets discovered orbiting other stars. Read more

Skywatch: Supermoon, Perseids will light up sky

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• July 31, 2022

Every summer, our sky is decorated with the beautiful Perseids meteor shower. This shower is active through August, with peak activity the evening of Aug. 12. Read more

Skywatch: Clear skies will reveal galaxy, line of planets

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• June 26, 2022

On July 13, the full moon will take place while the moon is at perigee, the point of the moon’s orbit when it is at its closest position to Earth. Read more

Skywatch: Planets come out to play; summer sees longer days

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i
• May 29, 2022

Hokupa‘a, also known as Polaris or the North Star: We gaze at it and use it as a tool for navigation across the world, but what do we know about the star? Or should we say, stars? Read more

Skywatch: Lahaina noons will make isle shadows disappear

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i
• April 24, 2022

The Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa hosted its annual open house April 10 for the first time since lockdowns began in 2020, which also coincided with the celebration of Powehi Day — a state-recognized day celebrating the first image of a black hole ever captured. Read more

Skywatch: Meteors, conjunctions will brighten April skies

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• March 27, 2022

Researchers using the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fueling enormous auroras in Saturn’s atmosphere. Read more

Skywatch: Pairs of planets will come together in series of stunning conjunctions

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• Feb. 27, 2022

Kekaomakali‘i (the ­Canoe Bailer) is now filling the western region of the sky. In this starline we can make out the stars that make up Kaheiheionakeiki, also well known as Orion the Hunter. Read more

Skywatch: Hawaii’s royal historian provided calendar source

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• Jan. 30, 2022

Kekaomakali‘i arcs overhead, rising on the Hikina horizon — east — and moving toward the Komohana horizon — west. Read more

Skywatch: Traditional star compass assists navigators at sea

• By ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
• Dec. 26, 2021

Once again we return to the first of our four star families, Kekaomakali‘i (the Bailer of Makali‘i), as it makes its nightly east-to-west progression from horizon to horizon. Read more