Sliding Sands

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Haleakalā Visitor Center

Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0.

Haleakalā Visitor Center is situated 510 feet northeast of Sliding Sands.

Pan-STARRS

Building

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The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System located at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, US, consists of astronomical cameras, telescopes and a computing facility that is surveying the sky for moving or variable objects on a continual basis, and also producing accurate astrometry and photometry of already-detected objects. Pan-STARRS is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Sliding Sands.

Maui Space Surveillance Complex

Building

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The Maui Space Surveillance Complex is a U.S. Space Force operating location for the 15th Space Surveillance Squadron and the Air Force Research Laboratory at Haleakala Observatory on Maui, Hawaii, with a twofold mission. Maui Space Surveillance Complex is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Sliding Sands.

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Haleakalā Observatories

Locality

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The Haleakalā Observatory, also known as the Haleakalā High Altitude Observatory Site, is Hawaii's first astronomical research observatory. It is located on the island of Maui and is owned by the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaiʻi, which operates some of the facilities on the site and leases portions to other organizations.

Maui

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The island of Maui is one of the islands of Hawaii, a state of the United States of America. It is the second-largest of the eight major islands and the third-most populous.

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