DASH
JUSTIN, YOU RECENTLY TOOK A
SPECIAL TRIP TO THE SUMMIT OF
MAUNA KEA RIGHT?
JUSTIN:
VISITED THE SUBARU
TELESCOPE....AMAZING SCIENCE
BEING DONE THERE FOR THE PAST
TWO
DECADES
SITTING ATOP THE WORLDS TALLEST
MOUNTAIN WHEN MEASURED FROM IT'S
OCEANIC BASE, MAUNA KEA IS HOME
TO THE SUBARU TELESCOPE.
FOR TWENTY YEARS, SUBARU HAS
PEERED INTO THE NIGHTS SKY,
LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM STARS
TO PLANETS AND EVEN
DISTANT GALAXIES. PRODUCING
AMONG THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION
IMAGES FROM EARTH, SUBARU HAS
PROVEN TO BE A VALUABLE TOOL OF
EDUCATION AND INSPIRATION...
PLANS TO DO SO FOR MANY MORE
DECADES.
KHON2 WAS GIVING FULL ACCESS TO
THE TELESCOPE, SEEING THE INNER
WORKINGS OF THIS SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENT, AND THE PEOPLE THAT
WORK AROUND THE CLOCK IN HOSTILE
CONDITIONS... LOOKING DEEP INTO
THE HEAVENS.
AFTER ACCLIMATING AT THE MAUNA
KEA VISITOR CENTER, WE ARRIVE AT
SUBARU. FIRST THINGS FIRST...
OXYGEN
ALTHOUGH I'VE NEVER HAD ALTITUDE
SICKNESS, I WAS ASKED TO BREATH
OXYGEN FROM CANISTER DURING MY
TIME AT SUBARU... AND YOU
MAY HEAR ME BREATHING DURING MY
CONVERSATION WITH SUBARU
DIRECTOR MICHITOSHI YOSHIDA ON
THE HISTORY OF
SUBARU
8:24 JAPANESE ASTRONOMERS
WANTED TO HAVE A VERY GOOD
TELESCOPE AT THE
BEST SITE IN THE WORLD AND THEY
PLAN TO BUILD THIS TELESCOPE ON
GOVERNMENT APPROVED FUNDING OF
THIS TELESCOPE IN 1991
COMPLETED IN 1991 THIS YEAR
MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF
SUBARU
ACTUALLY THIS TELESCOPE IS ONE
OF THE NEWEST ONES AT THE TOP OF
MAUNA KEA...ON ANOTHER TELESCOPE
FOR EXAMPLE THE CANADA FRANCE
TELESCOPE IS 40 YEARS OLD
KECK TELESCOPE IS 26 YEARS OLD
JUSTIN DOES JAPAN HAVE AREA
WHERE THEY CAN PUT TELESCOPES OR
WHAT'S NOT GOOD ABOUT JAPAN?
THERE IS NO GOOD ASTRONOMICAL
SITES BECAUSE HIGH HUMIDITY AND
ALMOST RAINING SO THIS PLACE DRY
AND MANY FIND KNIGHTS AND DARK
SKY
WEATHER IS THE PRIMARY
DETERMINING FACTOR FOR TELESCOPE
LOCATION, AN THERE IS NO BETTER
PLACE ON EARTH THAN RIGHT HERE
AT MAUNA KEA. THE DARK SKY,
ABOVE THE NIGHTLY SHOWERS THAT
MOVE THROUGH HILO...SUBARU WIDE
ANGLE LENSES
HAVE MADE ASTRONOMICAL
DISCOVERIES SINCE IT INCEPTION
TWO DECADES AGO.
JUSTIN WHAT ARE YOUR PROUDEST
AFTER OF THE COMPLETION OF THE
SUBARU TELESCOPE JAPANESE
ASTRONOMERS FOUND VERY DISTANCE
TO GALAXIES AT A DISTANCE OF
12.8 BILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY
SO THOSE TWO GALAXIES ARE THE
MOST DISTANT GALAXIES THAT HAVE
EVER BEEN DISCOVERED AT THE TIME
HAVE FOUND SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND
GALAXIES... YA 600,000... THAT'S
AMAZING...YES
13:12
13:13 HOW ARE U FINDING THESE
GALAXIES.WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR? 13:16
13:18 WE HAVE A VERY WIDE VIEW
CAMERA SO WE TAKE THE PICTURE
IMAGE OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE
THIS WITH HIS CAMERA
AND THIS CAMERA IS VERY POWERFUL
SO MANY GALAXIES ARE TAKEN WITH
ONLY ONE SHOT 13:42
13:43 WE CAN FIND MANY MANY
CANDIDATES OF DISTANT GALAXIES
INSIDE ONE SHOT OF IMAGE OF THIS
CAMERA THAT IS A VERY POWERFUL
POINT 13:56 >
A POWERFUL INSTRUMENT SEARCHING
THE HEAVENS.... WITH A FAMILAR
NAME... BUT THE NAME SUBARU
MIGHT MEAN WHAT YOU
THINK.
WHERE DID THE SUBARU NAME COME
FROM?
SUBARU IS A STAR CLUSTER NAME IN
JAPANESE
NO RELATION TO THE AUTO
JAPANESE NAME OF THE THE
PLEIADES STAR CLUSTER-- ALSO
KNOWN AS THE SEVEN
SISTERS...WITH THE HAWAIIAN NAME
MAKALII. COMING UP TOMORROW
NIGHT, THE CONNECTION
OF SUBARU TELESCOPE WITH THE BIG
ISLAND COMMUNITY... AND WHY WE
WERE ABRUPTLY EVACUATED OFF
MAUNA KEA
DURING OUR TOUR.
JUSTIN:
ANYONE CAN TOUR THE SUBURAU
TELESCOPE FOR FREE.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP
ORG."
TOURS ARE DONE FROM APRIL TO
NOVEMBER ON TUESDAYS AND
THURSDAYS IN BOTH
JAPANESE AND ENGLISH.
AGAIN IT'S FREE.. BUT YOU HAVE
TO FIND YOUR OWN WAY TO THE
SUMMIT.
DASH:
COMING UP NEXT...HOW DRONES
COULD BE USED TO SAVE LIVES.
BRIGETTE:
AND LATER...HOW 4 NUMBERS AND A
WHOLE LOT OF CONFIDENCE HELPED A
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