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。只有少数本科院校能够为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。他们最近获得了一台新的一米级望远镜，该望远镜位于世界上主要的观测天文学地点之一莫纳克亚的顶部。密歇根州立大学的大卫·詹姆斯博士正在为望远镜安装两台新仪器：一台新的数码光学相机和一台将用于分析恒星光线的光谱仪。新设备将允许教员天文学家进行重要的科学研究。它还将被广泛用于为哈佛大学本科生提供培训和科研经验。这种仪器是通过美国国家科学基金会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.