Origins of Astronomy in Hawai`i

Walter Steiger
Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai`i

Seeds of Western astronomy have fallen upon Hawai`i soils a number of times over the past century or more. The conditions for their germination were not always suitable. But in the mid-1950s the International Geophysical Year provided the climate and fertile soil where the germ sprouted and flourished. This is the story of that germination and growth.

• Astronomy to the Early Hawaiians
• Post Captain Cook
• Halley’s Comet
• Radio Astronomy
• Amateur Astronomers
• The IGY Period
• The Haleakala Period
• Finally, a Solar Observatory
• Epilog
• References
• About the Author

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