{"id":11179,"date":"2020-04-06T11:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T21:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/?p=11179"},"modified":"2020-12-28T09:44:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T19:44:20","slug":"explore-the-universe-from-home-with-maunakea-observatories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/2020\/04\/explore-the-universe-from-home-with-maunakea-observatories\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore the universe from home with Maunakea Observatories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/06\/maunakea-observatories-at-home\/\">This article appeared in the University of Hawai&#8217;i News on April 6th<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In response to the interruption of hands-on science education and outreach during the COVID-19 crisis, the <a href=\"https:\/\/maunakeaobservatories.org\/\">Maunakea Observatories<\/a> (<abbr>MKO<\/abbr>) have unveiled a distance learning program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MKOOC\/\"><abbr>MKO<\/abbr>@Home online<\/a>. The virtual project consists of short weekly videos that feature astronomy related activities, demonstrations and interviews.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe Maunakea Observatories recognize the severe educational difficulties that COVID-19 is creating for the community, and we are doing as much as we can to address this challenge. We are rallying all of our outreach resources and will be presenting as much content as possible during this unprecedented crisis,\u201d said <strong>Bob McLaren<\/strong>, University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> Institute for Astronomy interim director.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Related <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/05\/imiloa-at-home\/\"><span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">\u02bbImiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center launches program for families<\/a>, April 5, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/27\/mko-limit-operations\/\">Maunakea Observatories limit operations in response to COVID-19<\/a>, March 27, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/mkoathome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><abbr>MKO<\/abbr>@Home videos featuring scientists and educators<\/a> are designed to allow K\u201312 students and families to explore the universe from home.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_115232\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"text-align: justify\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115232\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Content for the pilot program ranges from lessons on the night sky, to P\u014dwehi, the now-famous supermassive black hole. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/10\/uh-hilo-professor-names-black-hole\/\">The cosmic wonder was given a name in <span aria-label=\"olelo\">\u02bb\u014dlelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> or Hawaiian language by <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo professor Larry Kimura.<\/a> The name recognizes the instrumental role that observatories on Maunakea played in the worldwide effort to capture an image of a black hole for the first time in history.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11625\" style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Exploring-Shadows-MKOatHome.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11625\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11625\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Exploring-Shadows-MKOatHome-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Exploring-Shadows-MKOatHome-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Exploring-Shadows-MKOatHome-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Exploring-Shadows-MKOatHome-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Exploring-Shadows-MKOatHome.jpg 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Harriet Parsons, presents &#8220;exploring Shadows&#8221; as part of MKO@Home<\/p><\/div>\n<p>April 6\u201310, <abbr>MKO<\/abbr>@Home will celebrate Black Hole Week and feature demonstrations by Maunakea astronomers about the mysterious objects.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>MKO<\/abbr>@Home videos are uploaded three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For more, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/maunakeaobservatories.org\/\">Maunakea Observatories<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>To watch all of the EAO videos on MKO@Home and more, visit our Videos page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/public\/jcmt\/videos\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Subscribe to the MKO@Home videos on the Maunakea Observatories YouTube Channel <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/mkoathome\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article appeared in the University of Hawai&#8217;i News on April 6th In response to the interruption of hands-on science education and outreach during the COVID-19 crisis, the Maunakea Observatories (MKO) have unveiled a distance learning program, MKO@Home online. 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