...me to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now . ” – ANCIENT CHINESE PROVERB www.HawaiianLegacyHardwoods.com For more informatio... ...resort (site of APEC Leaders Summit) MAUI 15 Wailuku 16 Haleakalā (solar observatories) 17 Maui High Performance Computing Center HAWAI‘I ISLAND 18 ... ...d around the world. ASTRONOMY World’s best place to study the Universe In ancient times, Polynesian voyagers used navigational knowledge they gaine... ...navigators home. Today, the dormant volcano peak is home to 13 scientifc observatories with participation from 12 countries. At 3,055 meters (10,02... ...in the mountain’s astronomy district. The isolated ledge below existing observatories was chosen for its exceptional observing conditions and its... ...fected. The TMT colloquium in Beijing came six months after the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences signed on a... ...Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and India’s Department of Science and ... ...-meter, optical/infrared Subaru Telescope, astronomers with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan are using a powerful laser to illuminat... ... matter just outside the Milky Way containing about a thousand small and ancient stars. With the greatest collection of ground-based telescopes on ...

...tants were unaware of the existence of the planet Neptune, nor outside the astronomical profession did the subsequent discovery of a faint remote spec... ...he sunrise watching the setting of this strange new star. And in a hundred observatories there had been suppressed excitement, rising almost to shouti... ...t is brighter!” cried the people clustering in the streets. But in the dim observatories the watchers held their breath and peered at one another. “IT... ...s; thousands danced about the great circle beneath the white images of the ancient gods, and glorious processions of youths and maidens came and went....

...rvatory. The reader is probably familiar with the structure of an ordinary astronomical observatory. The building is usually cylindrical in shape, wit... ...ht, staring at me over their shoulders, with an intent expression on their ancient faces. “Good-night,” I said, setting the door open. “It’s your own ... ... eyes; his hair was a dirty grey, and he wore a shabby blue frock-coat, an ancient silk hat, and car- pet slippers very much down at heel. He remained... ...tants were unaware of the existence of the planet Neptune, nor outside the astronomical profession did the subsequent discovery of a faint remote spec... ...he sunrise watching the setting of this strange new star. And in a hundred observatories there had been suppressed excitement, rising almost to shouti... ...t is brighter!” cried the people clustering in the streets. But in the dim observatories the watchers held their breath and peered at one another. “It... ... “Tell me all about yourself, dear. That journey has quite re- freshed our ancient friendship, and I do so want to keep in touch with you.” About Mr. ...

... thyself be heralded by the pangs of martyrdom? Sainted love, if, like the ancient children of the Hebrews, like Meshech and Abednego, thou wert calle... ...h seems too perfect and unalloyed—[a spirit of restless distrust, which in ancient times often led men to throw valuable gems into the sea, in the hop... ...in, accom- panied by Hannah, to the police court and to the prison—a vast, ancient, in parts ruinous, and most gloomy pile of build- ing. In those day... ...— Tycho, suppose, or, in a later age, Cassini and Horrox, and Bradley, had observatories: one man, suppose, observed the stars for all Christendom; an... ...- tions, all use them in their speculations. New and brilliantly appointed observatories are rising in every latitude, or risen; and none, by the way,... ...ising in every latitude, or risen; and none, by the way, of these new-born observatories, is more interesting from the circumstances of its position, ... ... by sleep, resting from its labors, secret eyes are lifted up to heaven in astronomical watch-towers; eyes that keep watch and ward over spaces that m... ...eous Papers intrenchments. Another feature challenges notice. In read- ing astronomical works, there arises (from old experience of what is usually mo...