TheInstitute for Astronomy (IfA) is a research unit within theUniversity of Hawaiʻi System, led by Doug Simons as Director.[1] IfA main headquarters are located at 2680 Woodlawn Drive inHonolulu, Hawaii,21°18′27″N157°48′41″W / 21.30750°N 157.81139°W /21.30750; -157.81139, adjacent to theUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus. Additional facilities are located atPukalani,Maui andHilo onHawaiʻi island (the Big Island). IfA employs over 150 astronomers and support staff. IfA astronomers perform research intoSolar System objects, stars, galaxies andcosmology.
The Institute for Astronomy was founded in 1967 to conduct research and to manage the observatory complexes atHaleakalā, Maui and theMauna Kea Observatory on the summit ofMauna Kea.[2] It has approximately 55 faculty and employs over 300 people.[3]
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