06-26-2016, 07:59 PM
I made the mistake of reading the comments made on this Hilo Tribune article:
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...-telescope
The article itself is fine but the comments are embarrassing. For those that have read that piece and wondered what strange universe they had moved into when reading the comments, I'll try and explain:
For decades there was a 24-inch telescope owned by the UHH which worked very well but became quite dated. It was used to train astronomy students. About a decade ago a decision was made to replace the while thing with a modern telescope and dome. Unfortunately, the company chosen to build both delivered a broken telescope which doesn't work, and the problem is so severe it can't be fixed onsite.
Please don't ask me about warranties or stuff like that as I have no connection with the project and know nothing about that.
However, before the new telescope was delivered, there was a perfectly good training telescope available to UH students. Now there isn't.
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...-telescope
The article itself is fine but the comments are embarrassing. For those that have read that piece and wondered what strange universe they had moved into when reading the comments, I'll try and explain:
For decades there was a 24-inch telescope owned by the UHH which worked very well but became quite dated. It was used to train astronomy students. About a decade ago a decision was made to replace the while thing with a modern telescope and dome. Unfortunately, the company chosen to build both delivered a broken telescope which doesn't work, and the problem is so severe it can't be fixed onsite.
Please don't ask me about warranties or stuff like that as I have no connection with the project and know nothing about that.
However, before the new telescope was delivered, there was a perfectly good training telescope available to UH students. Now there isn't.