East Asian Observatory, Hilo, HI Videos
Videos by East Asian Observatory in Hilo. The East Asian Observatory is formed by EACOA (East Asian Core Observatories Association) for the
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Mahalo to all for coming out to AstroDay on Saturday, May 6th! Our staff had a great time meeting so many junior scientists and future black hole hunters! Great questions and conversations with all who stopped by our booth! A hui hou!
🥳Sharing this oldie but goodie video! 🥰 Happy 36th Birthday to the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope! 🎂 Cheers to amazing discoveries, a growing global ʻohana, and for contributing to our understanding of the Universe! 🌌 Mahalo for all of the past, present, and future successes! 📡
AstroDay 2021 is Here!
#AstroDay Weekend is finally here!! Learn about science in Hawai'i through contactless activities Friday, April 30th - Sunday, May 2nd at the Prince Kuhio Plaza in Hilo. Take part in our #EAORainbowChallenge and learn how to make your own rainbows at home when you pick up the EAO activity kit filled with fun handouts, stickers, pens, and more at the Hallmark store.
Phosphine on Venus: Feat. Prof Jane Greaves, Dr. Emily Drabek-Maunder, and Dr. Jessica Dempsey
Need some clarification about what the phosphine detection on Venus really means? Take it from the principle investigator herself, Professor Jane Greaves (Cardiff University) with guest appearances by co-investigator Dr. Emily Drabek-Maunder (Royal Observatory Greenwich), and East Asian Observatory Deputy Director, Dr. Jessica Dempsey.
Is there life on Venus?
Is there life on Venus? JCMT Senior Scientist Dr. Steve Mairs (AKA Spaceman Steve) gives a 1 minute overview of the conditions on Venus and what this new detection of the biomarker Phosphine means.
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Orion: Hubble and JCMT working Together
Happy birthday, Hubble! Wow 30 years old already! Here's to many more years of inspiration, discovery and wonder!
In this video, we compare Hubble's famous image of the Orion Nebula to the JCMT's image of the same region of space, showcasing how different telescopes see different phenomena as they work together to understand the bigger picture.
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😉 No, that’s not our Deputy Director, Jessica Dempsey - 🐘 It’s Dr. PPE Elephant outside of the EAO office building making sure our JCMT staff has all they need to stay healthy. 💪 #WashYourHands #DancingHeals #BestBossEver
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Yesterday our instrument team worked hard at the telescope aligning the Nāmakanui instrument inside the receiver cabin. The JCMT is an altitude-azimuth mounted Cassegrain telescope and the receiver cabin sits just under the primary mirror. Inside the receiver cabin light is directed by the tertiary mirror to one of three main instruments. This video here shows the flat tertiary mirror being moved during this work.
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Dr. Harriet Parsons getting her "tan" on mid-week 😉 as she works with one of the Maunakea Scholars who is using the JCMT to study the Horsehead Nebula.
Take this as a "sine" to have a great day!
Aloha kākou!
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to be an astronomer at the JCMT? Here is a quick look at a typical night for an astronomer at the JCMT. In this clip we have JCMT astronomer Harriet Parsons. Part of the astronomer's duties include seeing what programs are available to observe, monitoring weather conditions and critically provide feedback on the quality of the astronomical images obtained during a night. The JCMT might observe multiple astronomical programs for many science teams during a single night. ⭐️⭐️🌗⭐️⭐️
Each morning the science teams who have had data obtained for them by the JCMT are sent an email. The email contains a log of the data obtained the previous night, and comments from the astronomer on duty about the data quality. The observations are automatically processed by the observatory and available for the members on a project within 12 hours or so. ☀️⏱️
The data remains private for a year - when those involved on the original program work really hard to examine the data and publish scientific results. After about a year the data become public and anyone (yes anyone - including you!!!) can access all data... via the JCMT archive: https://buff.ly/2NdQs5q ⭐️💕
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Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a telescope operator? Here's a brief look at our Telescope Operator Mimi Fuchs in action at the JCMT. Notice all the computer screens - our Telescope Operators have a lot to monitor at any given time on a night. From the pointing of the telescope to the quality of the data coming in, and the performance of the instrumentation being used. Not seen in this clip are an additional two computer screens used by our operators. 🖥️🖥️
At the JCMT a night time operator will typically work for a shift that lasts 13 hours at the telescope! How can we operate for so long? The JCMT is a telescope working at wavelengths a little less than 1mm. At these wavelengths the bright blue daytime sky is transparent and we can still see and study our amazing Universe! ⭐️ ⭐️ 📡 ⭐️ ⭐️
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The JCMT has a dish that is 15m wide... how wide is that? you could fit 24 Nēnē from end to end across the dish, or 10 Honu. Size matters in astronomy - the bigger the collecting area enables more light to be collected (think of a telescope as a giant light bucket). With a bigger dish we are also able to see more detail. This second point is why we need a telescope equivalent to the size of our planet Earth to make an image of the Black Hole Pōwehi!
- Thanks to our observer Michael Anderson for this time lapse!
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We packed up Nāmakanui to send to the summit last week. Here is a quick time-lapse 📽️ by one of our staff members showing the process of moving the heavy boxes onto our truck. Next time we'll be sure to use a tripod! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ We are very excited to have this spare Greenland Telescope receiver here from ASIAA.