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SKYWATCH
Hawaii’s telescopes help unravel
mysteries of supernovas, black holes
By Chad Kalepa Baybayan
and Emily Peavy
‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of ­Hawaii
In last month’s “Sky
Watch,” we discussed the
star family Manaiakalani,
The Chiefly Fishing Line, and
what can be found in the
northeastern quadrant of
that line of stars. The Sum-
mer Triangle, which is com-
prised of Keoe, Vega in the
constellation Lyra the Harp;
Pira‘etea, Deneb in the con-
stellation Cygnus the Swan;
and Humu, Altair in the con-
stellation Aquila the Eagle,
occupies the northeastern
quadrant of that star family.
This trio of stars rep-
resents a spool of fishing
line coiled at the bottom of a
canoe that leads to the
southeast quadrant and is
attached to the top of Ka-
makaunuiamaui, Maui’s
Fishhook, also known as the
constellation Scorpius.
It is not hard to imagine
why Polynesians thought
that this constellation re-
sembled a fish hook or why
Babylonians and Greeks
thought that it resembled a
scorpion. At the center of
Kamakaunuiamaui is Lehua-
kona, Antares, the heart of
the fishhook, a red supergi-
ant irregular variable star.
It is the 15th brightest
star in the night sky and,
if placed within our solar
system, it would stretch
between the orbits of Mars
and Jupiter. In wayfinding,
the three stars right after
the curve of the fish hook,
where the bait would be at-
tached are meridian point-
ers, meaning that they pass
through the celestial merid-
ian fairly close to each other.
Meridian pointers are used
to identify the celestial
poles; in this case these
three stars would point to-
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COURTESY GEMINI OBSERVATORY/NSF/AURA /
Astronomers used the Gemini Observatory to study
supernova SN 2016iet, the death of a star 200 times
the mass of the sun, one of the most massive and
powerful star explosions ever observed.
ward the direction of the
south celestial pole.
Navigators see the fish-
hook as fishing for an ulua,
a celestial crevalle, made
up of Sagittarius, magical
Pimoe, from the tales of the
demigod, Maui. Pimoe is a
recognizable asterism, seen
as a celestial teapot, with a
cover, spout and handle.
Within Sagittarius lies our
Milky Way galaxy. In a sec-
tion of Sagittarius defined as
Sagittarius A (SgrA), astron-
omers have evidence that
there exists a supermassive
black hole.
The Keck Telescope and
The Very Large Telescope
have detected stars orbiting
SgrA at velocities greater
than other stars. Star S0-2
was clocked at over 5,000 ki-
lometers per second at its
closest approach to SgrA.
Astronomers utilize the
Keck Observatories to study
this star at its closest ap-
proach to the supermassive
black hole. In doing so, as-
tronomers are able to test
Einstein’s Theory of General
Relativity. Read more about
this research here: keckob-
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Meanwhile, astronomers
use the Gemini Observatory
to further understand a
supernova event, which is
rewriting the way we under-
stand the explosive deaths
of stars. The supernova SN
2016iet marks the death of a
star 200 times the mass of
the sun, making it one of the
most massive and powerful
star explosions ever ob-
served. As we gain further
understanding about the
early days of the universe,
our evidence suggests that
the first stars in the universe
would be of a similar mass
and would have died in
these unique forms of super-
nova. This new breed of su-
pernova utterly annihilated
its parent star, leaving no
remnant.
As astronomers continue
to study SN 2016iet more
mysteries arise. While most
stars form and live in dense
clusters, this supernova is
alone and separated from
the center of its dwarf galaxy
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HIGHLIGHTS
September moon phases
>> Fall Equinox: Sept. 22 marks the autumnal or fall
equinox, when the sun will be rising exactly east
and setting exactly west. In the Northern
Hemisphere, it is celebrated as the first day of fall.
>> Jupiter & Saturn: Jupiter and Saturn both will be
prominent in the early evening sky. Jupiter will FIRST FULL LAST NEW
stand out in the early evening as one of the 9/5 9/13 9/21 9/28
brightest objects in the sky while Saturn will be
much fainter and to the east of Jupiter. These two
This star chart is oriented for an
planets are the largest planets in our solar system.
observer looking up and facing south.
Through a good telescope observers will be able to
In this orientation, the Hikina (east)
see Jupiter’s four largest moons: Ganymede,
Callisto, Io and Europa. horizon is on the left and the Komohana
(west) horizon is on the right.
Source: Polynesian Voyaging Society Archives Astronomy Center of Hawaii
question of how such a mas- groundbreaking research lar system and continue to
sive star could form in isola- here: gemini.edu/ intrigue astronomers here in
tion is leading astronomers node/21217 Hawaii.
to even more questions Researchers using the
about the lives and deaths of September events Gemini Observatory and
the first massive stars in the September’s full moon Keck Observatories have
universe — those which led will occur on Sept. 13, when studied unique eruption
to our own origins. the moon is at a point in its patterns on Io, the most
Read more about this orbit called apogee. At this volcanic object in the solar
point, the moon is at its system, and have observed
furthest distance from
the Earth in its orbit and it
will often appear to be a
little bit smaller in our sky.
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enters the shadow of Jupi-
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28, will be the day with the ‘Iwakeli‘i, also known as Cas-
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