MRI Acquisition: Hawaii-based Undergraduate Leadership in Astronomy [HULA] by Acquiring Instrumentation for an Educational 1m-Class Telescope

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。很少有本科院校能够为其教职员工和学生提供研究级望远镜和仪器。然而，夏威夷大学希洛分校（UHH）是个例外。他们最近购置了一台新的1米级望远镜，该望远镜位于莫纳克亚山顶，莫纳克亚山是世界上观测天文学的主要地点之一。UHH的大卫·詹姆斯博士正在为望远镜安装两种新仪器：一种新的数字光学相机和一种光谱仪，用于分析恒星发出的光。新设备将允许学院天文学家进行重要的科学研究。它还将广泛用于为大学本科生提供培训和科研经验。该仪器是通过NSF的主要研究仪器计划实现的。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Few undergraduate institutions are able to provide their faculty and students with research grade telescopes and instrumentation. The University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH) is, however, an exception. They have recently acquired a new one-meter class telescope which is located on the top of Mauna Kea, one of the world's premier sites for observational astronomy. Dr. David James of UHH is heading up the installation of two new instruments for the telescope: a new digital optical camera and a spectrograph which will be used to analyze the light from stars. The new equipment will allow faculty astronomers to conduct important scientific research. It will also be used extensively to provide training and scientific research experiences for UHH undergraduate students. The instrumentation is being made possible through the NSF's Major Research Instrumentation program.