Caltech Decommissions Maunakea Telescope

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Los Angeles Times

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After contentious tenure atop sacred Hawaiian summit, Caltech observatory gets dismantled

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The decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory in July follows the removal of a University of Hawaii observatory from Maunakea .

The mountain is revered by native Hawaiians for its altitude, dark skies and low humidity.

Protests erupted at the base of the mountain in 2019 , when Caletch and the University of California proposed construction of another observatory called the Thirty Meter Telescope .

“I also think, however, that it’s not by happenstance that one of the most sacred lands here in Hawaii to native Hawaiians is also the premier place, certainly in the northern hemisphere if not in the world, for astronomy.” This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times ..

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