High Altitude Observatory

The High Altitude Observatory is a laboratory of the US . HAO operates the on Hawaii and a research institute in .
www2.hao.ucar.edu
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mauna Loa Solar Observatory and Mauna Loa Observatory.

Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a solar observatory located on the slopes of on the island of Hawai'i in the . Built in 1965, the MLSO is operated by the High Altitude Observatory, a laboratory within the , and is situated on property managed by the .

Photo: Ivtorov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an atmospheric baseline station on on the island of Hawaiʻi, located in the US state of .

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. is situated 160 metres northeast of High Altitude Observatory.

High Altitude Observatory

Latitude
19.5355° or 19° 32′ 8″ north
Longitude
-155.57662° or 155° 34′ 36″ west
Levels
1
Open location code
73F6GCPF+59
Open­Street­Map ID
way 505868464
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q5754874
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“High Altitude Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد المنسوب المرتفع”
  • Catalan: “HAO”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Gran Altitud, Boulder”
  • Chinese: “高海拔天文台”
  • Chinese: “高海拔天文臺”
  • Chinese: “高緯觀察站”
  • Chinese: “高纬观察站”
  • French: “HAO”
  • Japanese: “高地天文台”
  • Slovenian: “HAO”
  • Slovenian: “High Altitude Observatory”
  • Slovenian: “Obsevatorij na visoki nadmorski višini”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn độ cao”

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