Talk:Mauna Kea Observatories

message: Please don't use this page as a platform for protesting the Mauna Kea observatories. The opposition and protests are certainly relevant and deserve mention and links but they do not deserve to occupy a significant portion of this page. kanoa (talk) 01:56, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: protests

message: are scientists really required to stay at a lower elevation for a day?   i drove up to the top without such a wait, but only for a short visit.  a half hour wait at ~9000ft was recommended by rangers.
:I also visited on a day trip, and had the stop over for an hour on the way up, no longer. Could it be different for those planning to stay at high altitiude longer? MartinRe 21:31, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Updated it to say half an hour, as have verified that is what is officially suggested. The same board that states this, also says that those under 16, pregnant women, and those with heart problems or in poor shape shouldn't go up. Is that also worth noting, or it thst more for a general altitude article? MartinRe 12:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: stay

message: Hi guys,
I work on Mauna Kea, and in most cases, observers will spend a night at Hale Pohaku (9300') before spending however many nights on the summit (with the days in between spent sleeping at Hale Pohaku).
Most of the larger observatories provide similar acclimatization nights (spent either entirely at HP, or half there and half on the summit) for their operators.
Operators at smaller observatories (like the one where I work), as well as certain support people, will often get only 30-120 minutes of acclimatization at HP before working a night on the summit, but these represent a minority of the people working on the summit.
I'd be happy to help work out some good wording on this... and I'll also check over the article as a whole for any missing or incorrect info.
Aloha! :)
Dan 11:51, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Altitude and acclimatization 

message: I seem to remember reading in Sky and Telescope about the discovery of Mauna Kea as an observing site.  The story as I remember it was:-
A famously skilled optician named Alika Herring discovered the seeing on Mauna Kea was superb and wrote to a number of astonomers about it.  Only one replied, Gerard P Kuiper.  Kuiper being important, things happened.
It might be nice if someone added an accurate historical section in the main article. Man with two legs 17:04, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical note: Alika Herring 

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message: (not sure who are the right people to ask, for now pinging 
The IAU's Minor Planet Center recently announced the adoption of the preferred spelling "Maunakea", which was recommended and adopted by the University of Hawai'i Institute for Astronomy back in 2014. Should we change the spelling to reflect this?  Nrco0e (talk) 06:21, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Does the MPC have anything to do with it? I see that the UH now calls it the "Maunakea Observatory", but still has "Mauna Loa Observatory", which is inconsistent. But the links there don't work. The main page is still "Mauna Kea Observatories". That page has "The summit of Mauna Kea" but also "The telescopes on Maunakea", and links to what may be a new Maunakea Observatories website. There's also the Maunakea Visitor Information Station. So it appears to be in flux. — kwami (talk) 06:29, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename to "Maunakea Observatories"?