Updated plan for removal of Maunakea observatory | University of Hawaiʻi System News
The 34-foot diameter telescope mirror from the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Maunakea will be removed in sections this summer.
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The 34-foot diameter telescope mirror from the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Maunakea will be removed in sections this summer.
The physical removal of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Maunakea is scheduled to begin by early May.
“ CMS Executive Director Greg Chun. “The privilege of extending the university’s educational mission through astronomy on Maunakea comes with a deeply felt kuleana and decommissioning is a critical expression of that.” CSO and UH Hilo’s Hōkū Keʻa teaching telescope are the first two observatories to undertake the decommissioning process on UH-managed Maunakea lands. The decommissioning of Hōkū Keʻa is anticipated to be completed in mid-to-late 2023. The CSO deconstruction and site restoration work is tentatively scheduled to be completed by late 2022. The 2010 Decommission...