Mauna Loa Observatory
Mauna Loa Observatory is an atmospheric baseline station on Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaiʻi, located in the US state of Hawaii.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mauna Loa Solar Observatory and AMiBA.
Mauna Loa Solar Observatory
Observatory
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The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory is a solar observatory located on the slopes of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawai'i in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Built in 1965, the MLSO is operated by the High Altitude Observatory, a laboratory within the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and is situated on property managed by the Mauna Loa Observatory. Mauna Loa Solar Observatory is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Mauna Loa Observatory.
AMiBA
Building
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yuan-Tseh Lee Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy, also known as the Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy, is a radio telescope designed to observe the cosmic microwave background and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies. AMiBA is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Mauna Loa Observatory.
Mauna Loa Observatory
- Type: Observatory
- Description: atmospheric baseline station near Hilo, Hawaii, US
- Categories: atmospheric observatory, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Mauna Loa Observatory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مرصد مونا لوا”
- Bosnian: “Opservatorija Mauna Loa”
- Catalan: “Observatori de Mauna Loa”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی ماونا لوا”
- Chinese: “茂納羅亞火山觀測站”
- Chinese: “莫納羅亞火山天文台”
- Chinese: “莫納羅亞火山天文臺”
- Chinese: “莫纳罗亚”
- Dutch: “Mauna Loa Observatorium”
- French: “Mauna Loa Observatory”
- French: “observatoire du Mauna Loa”
- French: “Observatoire du Mauna Loa”
- German: “Mauna Loa-Observatorium”
- German: “Messstation Mauna Loa”
- Hebrew: “מצפה מאונה לואה”
- Japanese: “マウナロア観測所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mauna Loa-observatoriet”
- Norwegian: “Mauna Loa-observatoriet”
- Portuguese: “Observatório Mauna Loa”
- Russian: “Атмосферная обсерватория на Мауна-Лоа”
- Russian: “Погодная обсерватория на Мауна-Лоа”
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