MRI/RUI: Acquisition of a Small Astronomical Observatory on Mauna Kea

位于夏威夷希洛的夏威夷大学的教职员工和学生将建造和使用一台32英寸的净口径望远镜，用于培训学生进行天文仪器技术开发方面的培训，并供天文科学研究人员用于在下列领域进行令人信服的研究：密集星团中的星系的演化，多恒星系统的形成和早期演化，行星系统的形成和早期演化以及我们星系的化学演化。夏威夷将提供建筑和天文台圆顶)。夏威夷大学希洛分校的本科生天文学学位课程将广泛使用计划中的天文台。夏威夷州的年轻人将接受天文学方面的职业培训，并在莫纳和希洛的许多天文台从事技术工作。***

AST-0216493Heacox, William D.A 32-inch clear aperture telescope will be built and instrumented by the faculty and students of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii for the purpose of training students in astronomical instrumentation technology development and for use by the astronomical sciences research faculty for compelling research in the areas of: evolution of galaxies in dense clusters, the formation and early evolution of multiple star systems, the formation and early evolution of planetary systems and the chemical evolution of our galaxy. The State of Hawaii will provide the building and observatory dome). The undergraduate astronomy degree program at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, will extensively use the planned observatory. Young people of the State of Hawaii will be trained for careers in astronomy and for technical jobs within the many Observatories on Mauna and in Hilo. ***