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Institute for Astronomy

The Institute for Astronomy is a research unit within the University of Hawaiʻi System, led by Doug Simons as Director. IfA main headquarters are located at 2680 Woodlawn Drive in Honolulu, Hawaii, adjacent to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: astronomical research unit of the University of Hawai’i
  • Also known as: “IfA”
  • Address: 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, 96813

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hamilton Library and John Young Museum of Art.

Library
Thomas Hale is the academic library of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the largest research library in the state of Hawai‘i. The library opens to the public. is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Institute for Astronomy.

Museum
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The is located on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Krauss Hall at 2500 Dole Street , HI 96822. The 2,738 square foot teaching museum located at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, in Honolulu, consists of two exhibition galleries and a state-of-the-art object study center housing works of Asian art, Native Hawaiian art, and Pacific art. is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Institute for Astronomy.

School
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is a private, co-educational college preparatory school for grades preschool through twelve in Honolulu, Hawaii with an approximate enrollment of 1,400 students, the majority of whom are from . is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Institute for Astronomy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manoa and Makiki Heights.

Suburb
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Mānoa is a valley on the island of Oahu, . It is a residential neighborhood of , Hawaii. The neighborhood is approximately three miles east and inland from and less than a mile from Ala Moana and Waikiki.

Suburb
Makiki is an area of , , located northeast of , stretching east to west from Punahou Street to Pensacola Street and north to south from Round Top Drive/Makiki Heights Drive to Lunalilo Freeway. , an extinct tuff cone, and overlook the Makiki.

Neighborhood
Mōʻiliʻili, Hawaii is a neighborhood of Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, , on the island of Oahu. Its name means “pebble lizard” in Hawaiian.

Institute for Astronomy

Latitude
21.30725° or 21° 18′ 26″ north
Longitude
-157.81161° or 157° 48′ 42″ west
Operator
University of Hawai’i
Open location code
73H4854Q+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 848231772
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Wiki­data ID
Q604599
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Institute for Astronomy” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Աստղագիտական ինստիտուտ”
  • Chinese: “夏威夷大學天文研究所”
  • Chinese: “天文研究所”
  • Dutch: “Institute for Astronomy”
  • French: “Institut d’astronomie de l’université d’Hawaï”
  • Hebrew: “מכון לאסטרונומיה באוניברסיטת הוואי”
  • Japanese: “天文学研究所”
  • Persian: “انستیتوی اخترشناسی هاوایی”
  • Russian: “Институт астрономии”
  • Slovenian: “IfA”
  • Slovenian: “Inštitut za astronomijo”
  • Spanish: “Instituto de Astronomía (Hawái)”
  • Spanish: “Instituto de Astronomía”
  • Swedish: “Institute for Astronomy”
  • Turkish: “Hawaii Astronomi Enstitüsü”
  • Turkish: “IfA”
  • Ukrainian: “Інститут астрономії (Гаваї)”
  • Ukrainian: “Інститут астрономії”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện Thiên văn học của Đại học Hawaii”

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