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CFHT is a joint facility of the National Research Council of Canada, le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France, and the University of Hawaii.
Hawaii, USA
Joined August 2015
AstroDay is two weeks away on May 3, from 10a–4p at Prince Kuhio Plaza in Hilo. Join the Maunakea Observatories and other local STEM organizations for a day of hands-on science fun! 🤩
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CFHT was very proud to support the 11th Annual West Hawaiʻi Science & Engineering Fair at Pālamanui, especially since the winner is a Maunakea Scholars!
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We had so much fun spending a Saturday at the Hawaiʻi Community College - Pālamanui campus amongst enthusiastic students, teachers, and volunteers for the 11th Annual West Hawaiʻi Science & Enginee...
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RT @AjitPai: The moons were discovered by a team led by @epo_asiaa, using the @CFHTelescope in Hawaii. The team lead said "[t]here may be….
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The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history.
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Exciting discoveries in our Solar System! Thanks to MegaCam, we now know of 128 new moons of Saturn!.
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The heavy rains at lower elevations on Hawai'i Island are snow at the summit. Stay dry!
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Tomorrow is the Waimea Solar System Walk, Costume Contest, and our 45th Birthday Celebration! The walk starts at the Keck observatory and finishes at the Canada-France-Hawai'i Telescope. The event is completely free and open to the community.
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Tuesday evening our summit front door camera recorded a summit proposal. If the lucky couple is interested, we'd love to share the footage with them. It's a lot shot, but if anyone got engaged or know someone who did at the summit Tuesday, August 13th, let us know!
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The Maui community still needs support. Updated links are available here for those who wish to help: #MauiStrong. photo caption: Haleakalā rising above the clouds taken from the CFHT summit catwalk.
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A year ago today, the fabric of Maui was forever altered by the devastating fires in Lahaina and Kula. 102 lives were lost and countless others changed in unimaginable ways. We remember them all today and urge you to do so as well. We send our aloha today and every day.
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We're hiring a remote observer! For more information and a full job description:
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UMa3/U1 consists of stars that are more than 10 billion years old, twice the age of the sun and roughly two-thirds the age of the Universe . “It is either the faintest ancient star cluster known to date or the faintest and closest known dwarf galaxy ever discovered”–says Smith.
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“Being able to detect such a tiny system, with only about sixty stars, speaks for the quality of the UNIONS dataset”, explains Simon Smith, a graduate student at the University of Victoria and lead author of the discovery paper.
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Hidden in this deep sky image (left) is a truly miniscule group of stars (right), bound together by their own gravity (and maybe even dark matter!), in orbit around the Milky Way Credit: CFHT/S. Gwyn (right) / S. Smith (left).
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If it’s a star cluster, the team would expect it would have been ripped apart by the Milky Way’s gravity over its estimated 10 billion year life. That indicates there’s dark matter in UMa3/U1, which is holding it all together.
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A team of astronomers used CFHT, @PanSTARRS1 and @keckobservatory to discover either the faintest, ancient cluster of stars to date or the faintest, closest know dwarf galaxy. There’s something like 60 stars in the object, given the beautiful name of UMa3/U1.
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We're hiring a senior system admin! Applications accepted through 3/15. For more information:
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