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SKYWATCH

Summer brings views IULAI (JULY) SKIES AT 8 P.M.

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of millions of stars, most of

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to see with our naked eye.
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July brings a transition be- Deneb
discovery clear dark, moonless nights
tween two celestial star fami-
As we celebrate the in-per- with little light pollution.
lies as Kaiwikuamo‘o (the
son exploration of our own Nahiku Rising in Manu Malanai, or
Backbone) works its way to- Big Dipper
moon, we continue to ex- Keoe the southeast, will be the no-
ward the western horizon
plore the other moons of the Vega table planets of Jupiter and
and Manaiakalani (the Fish-
solar system using our ob- Saturn. Jupiter, being the
hook) appears in the east.
servatories, including those largest of the gas giant plan-

Komohana (west)
Kaiwikuamo‘o stretches

Hikina (east)
here in Hawaii. Using data Humu Hokupa ets, is also one of the bright-
north to south from Hoku- Hokule‘a Leo
taken with the W.M. Keck Altair Arcturus
est objects in our night sky
pa‘a (Polaris), identifying the
Observatory accompanied KAIWIKUAMO‘O and will stand out against
north celestial pole, to Hana- MANAIAKALANI
with visible-light observa- the backdrop of the Milky
iakamalama or Newe, the
tions with the Hubble Space Milky Way Hikianalia Way. Saturn will be brightest
Southern Cross, pointing to-
Telescope, astronomers galaxy Spica on July 9 when it’s at opposi-
ward the south celestial
looked at the notable sur- Me‘e tion. Opposition occurs
pole. SATURN JUPITER
face features of Europa, Corvus when an outer planet (far-
In the center of this
Jupiter’s enigmatic icy ther from the sun than
north-south star family is the Pimoe Kamakaunuiamaui
moon, and found table salt. Earth) is lined up with Earth
Spring Triangle made up of Sagittarius Scorpius
Europa has intrigued as- and the sun. Saturn is at its
Hokule‘a (Arcturus), Hikiana-
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Voyager and Galileo space- Beta Centauri sets and will be in the sky
the Summer Triangle rising
craft, we have detected the entire evening.
in the northeast: Keoe
strong evidence of a subsur-
(Vega), Pira‘etea (Deneb) Hema (south)
face ocean on it. The pres- Morning observations
and Humu (Altair). The
ence of this ocean leads In early July the sun will
southeastern horizon of this HIGHLIGHTS March moon phases
many astrobiologists to con- rise just before 6 a.m. At
celestial star ohana is domi- >> Moon landing: July 20 marks the 50th
sider Europa to be the most around 5:30 a.m. the notable
nated by Kamakaunuiamaui anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing,
likely place for us to find life the first time humans were able to leave Earth star cluster Makali‘i, or Pleia-
(Scorpius), Pimeo (Sagittar-
elsewhere in our solar sys- behind and set foot on another world, des, will be visible, rising out
ius) and Kai‘a, also known as famously proclaiming, “That’s one small step NEW FIRST FULL LAST
tem. of the east. Trailing behind
the Milky Way. for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” 7/2 7/9 7/16 7/24
According to an article Celebration events will occur across the this famous open cluster, we
On June 21 the sun hov-
last month in the journal Sci- islands, including ‘Imiloa’s Moon Landing can catch the famous shape
ered above its northern Celebration at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center on
This star chart is oriented for an
ence Advances, astronomers observer looking up and facing south. of Heihieonakeiki (Orion),
boundary Kealanuipolohi- July 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
have detected the presence In this orientation, the Hikina (east) rising exactly in the east just
waakane, the Tropic of Can- >> Milky Way: During our summer months in
of salt on the surface of Eu- Hawaii, we get a truly spectacular view of the horizon is on the left and the Komohana before the sun rises.
cer, at 23.5 degrees north (west) horizon is on the right.
ropa’s ocean. While we often Milky Way galaxy. In the early evening, when
latitude, marking the first we look toward the shape of Kamakau-
think about table salt as an ———
day of summer and the be- nuiamaui, also known as Maui’s Fishhook, we
ingredient for cooking, it is see an area of the Milky Way band commonly Chad Kalepa Baybayan
ginning of the annual hurri-
also an essential component called “the bulge,” which refers to the central (Kalepa.Baybayan@hawaii.
cane season.
of ocean water. This discov- region of the Milky Way. edu) serves as navigator-­in-
Some 500 miles west-
ery suggests that Europa’s residence and Emily Peavy
northwest of Hawaii island
ocean may be similar to (Emily.Peavy@hawaii.edu)
and situated on the Tropic of Source: Polynesian Voyaging Society Archives Astronomy Center of Hawaii
Earth’s ocean; and as we as planetarium technician
Cancer lies the lonely island
know here in Hawaii, the support facilitator at the ‘Imi-
of Mokumanamana, or
ocean is full of all forms of be stretching over our heads our summer star line, Mana- makaunuiamaui, also known loa Astronomy Center of
Necker Island. Though it is
life. connecting the north star, iakalani, will be rising in the as Maui’s Fishhook, we see ­Hawaii, a center for informal
not officially confirmed, ar-
Hokupa‘a, down to the eastern sky. an area of the Milky Way science education at the Uni-
chaeological evidence sug-
Evening observations Southern Cross. July will be Views of the Milky Way are band commonly called “the versity of Hawaii at Hilo
gests that this approximately
In our early evening hours our last month this year spectacular during the sum- bulge,” which refers to the showcasing astronomy and
46-acre spot is the western-
we will be able to view two when we can see the South- mer months in Hawaii. In the central regions of the Milky Hawaiian culture as parallel
most island in the Hawaiian
of our great navigational star ern Cross in our early eve- early evening, when we look Way. journeys of human explora-
Island chain to have been
lines. Kaiwikuamo‘o will still ning sky. At the same time, toward the shape of Ka- The entire band is illumi- tion.
settled by oceanic explorers
moving downwind from the

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