- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy Special to the Star-Advertiser
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April 25, 2021
It is with profound sadness to inform you, our valued Skywatch readers, that our dear friend and colleague, Kalepa Baybayan, died from natural causes while visiting and caring for ohana in Seattle on April 8.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy Special to the Star-Advertiser
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March 28, 2021
April announces the arrival of the second of our star families, Kaiwikuamo‘o, or “the Backbone,” back to the spring night sky.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan
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Feb. 28, 2021
The equinox, mauiili, refers to equal nights — a day in which time is split equally between darkness and sunlight — and occurs twice annually, once in the spring and again in the fall.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Jan. 31, 2021
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Throughout February observers will be able to view the rusty red planet Mars high in the early evening sky. In mid-February, Mars will receive a special visitor from Earth.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Dec. 27, 2020
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The Andromeda Galaxy is our closest galactic neighbor and contains about 1 trillion stars, much more than the estimated 200 billion stars within our home Milky Way Galaxy.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Nov. 29, 2020
Kalupeakawelo, “the kite of Kawelo,” is in the final month of this featured fall star family.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Oct. 25, 2020
On the morning of Oct. 8, Hawaii’s astronomy community woke to some exciting news: UCLA astronomer Andrea Ghez, who has conducted research with the W.M. Keck Observatories for over 25 years, had just been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Aug. 30, 2020
Manaiakalani, or Chiefly Fishing Line, the third of our four star families, is completing its westward journey back toward the horizon.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy Special to the Star-Advertiser
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July 26, 2020
August brings the third of the four star families to the eastern night sky.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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June 28, 2020
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July brings to the night sky the third of the year’s four seasonal star families, Manaiakalani, the Chiefly Fishing Line.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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May 31, 2020
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June signals the last month in our discussion of the star family Kaiwikuamo‘o, the Backbone.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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April 26, 2020
The Backbone is one of four star families that are modern heuristic devices for visually organizing the night sky around prominent stars and constellations.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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March 29, 2020
April welcomes the sun back to the northern hemisphere and the star family Kaiwikuamo‘o, the Backbone, back to the spring night sky.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Feb. 23, 2020
The sun continues its northward trek, crossing the equator and entering the Northern Hemisphere on March 19, the spring equinox.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Jan. 26, 2020
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The winter starline is known as Kekaomakali‘i, the bailer of Makali‘i.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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Dec. 29, 2019
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From January through March, the featured starline returns to Kekaomakalii, The Bailer of Makalii.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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Nov. 24, 2019
As the days get progressively shorter in the winter season, observers will be able to start stargazing as early as 6:30 p.m. Immediately after sunset, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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Oct. 26, 2019
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Using the Subaru Telescope atop Mauna Kea, a team led by Scott S. Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science has found 20 new moons orbiting Saturn.
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