- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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Aug. 25, 2019
Jupiter and Saturn will both be prominent in the early-evening sky in September.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy / Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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July 28, 2019
In August, Jupiter and Saturn will both be prominent in the early-evening sky.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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June 30, 2019
July brings a transition between two celestial star families as Kaiwikuamo‘o (the Backbone) works its way toward the western horizon and Manaiakalani (the Fishhook) appears in the east.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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May 26, 2019
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Hokule‘a, Arcturus in the constellation Bootes, is the zenith star for Hawaii, passing above the Kau desert on Hawaii island.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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April 28, 2019
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Hokule‘a, Arcturus in the constellation Bootes, is the zenith star for Hawaii, passing above the Kau desert on Hawaii island.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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March 31, 2019
April welcomes the spring starline, Kaiwikuamo‘o (the Backbone).
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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Feb. 24, 2019
Kekaomakali‘i, the Canoe Bailer, is now filling the western region of the sky. In this starline we can make out the recognizable stars that make up Kaheiheionakeiki, also well known as Orion the Hunter.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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Jan. 27, 2019
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Seeing the first of the four star families is a reminder that a new year has begun.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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Jan. 7, 2019
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Once again we return to the first of our four star families, Kekaomakali‘i, the Bailer of Makali‘i, as it makes its nightly east-to-west progression across the horizon.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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Nov. 25, 2018
The annual Geminid meteor shower runs through the first two weeks of December and peaks around 2 a.m. Dec. 14.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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Oct. 28, 2018
The arrival of the constellation Makali‘i after sunset on the eastern horizon heralds the beginning of the
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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Sept. 30, 2018
The twin stars in the bucket of the Little Dipper, Holopuni (Kochab) and Hokumau (Pherkad) are good clues for determining latitude in the southern hemisphere.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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Aug. 26, 2018
The four star families are modern Hawaiian inventions that have been used consistently by the voyaging community for 25 years.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‛i
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July 29, 2018
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The circular star compass is divided into four quadrants.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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June 24, 2018
Manaiakalani, the Chief’s Fishline, is the third of our four star families and is prominent in the sky during July, August and September.
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- By Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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May 27, 2018
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As spring turns to summer, the months of May and June have provided Polynesian mariners the best season for making a Tahiti-to-Hawaii Pacific passage.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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April 29, 2018
Spring provides the mariner with excellent conditions for tropical passages between the northern and southern hemispheres.
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- By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
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March 25, 2018
On March 20 the sun crossed north over the equator in an event called the equinox, a juncture when daylight and nighttime are about equal in length, heralding the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The Hawaiian word associated with this season is Kupulau (Sprouting Leaf).
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