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Kaua‘i Educational Association for Science and Astronomy

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Altitude
  
3 metres (9.8 ft)

Website
  
www.keasa.org

Established
  
1989 (1989)

Date founded
  
1989

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Organization
  
Kaua‘i Educational Association for Science and Astronomy

Location
  
Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii, USA

The Kaua‘i Educational Association for Science and Astronomy (KEASA) is a non-profit educational astronomical organization located in Lawai on the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i. It was founded in 1989. It meets monthly for star watches. Its observatory is the largest on the island and takes advantage of Kaua‘i's unique weather and topology which provide some of the best conditions for star gazing at sea level.

Observatory

The KEASA observatory is located on the west side of Kaua‘i at the Pacific Missile Range Facility near Barking Sands Beach at an altitude of 3 metres (9.8 ft). It is funded as a joint venture with Kauai Community College.

The observatory houses the Bob Byers telescopes:

  • A 17-inch PlaneWave Instruments corrected Dall-Kirkham Cassegrain reflector
  • A Celestron HD11
  • A Televue NP101
  • References

    Kaua‘i Educational Association for Science and Astronomy Wikipedia