Subaru Telescope Astronomer Virtual Tour

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Scenes

01: Base Facility
02: Observer’s kit
03: Going To Mauna Kea
04: Saddle Road 1
05: Saddle Road 2
06: Access Road
07: Hale Pohaku (HP)
08: HP Checking In
09: HP Amenities
10: To the Summit
11: Road to the Summit
12: Arriving At Subaru
13: Inside Subaru
14: Meeting Time
15: Equipment Check
16: Instrument Inspection
17: Weather Monitor
18: Observation Starts
19: Observation Continues
20: End of Observation
Going in to the Subaru Telescope Control  Building

13: Going Inside Subaru

We will park in the parking lot in front of the control building (left). The position for the telescope dome seen on the right is set to stand-by mode. Let's go inside the control building. Inside the building there is the observational office, where we control the telescope, along with a lounge and small kitchen.

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