VIS stargazing nights cut to four per week

[TomK]

Bad news for stargazers I'm afraid. The Mauna Kea VIS is about to cut the number of nights available for stargazing there from every night to four times per week (this does not affect general access to the mountain).

http://bigislandnow.com/2017/04/03/mauna...ts-a-week/

http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis/

[PaulW]

Shame! Thanks for the info.

They say they're doing it because it gets too busy. Won't this make it even busier?

[TomK]

Possibly, but I suspect there are other factors in play here including finances, public safety and maybe the DLNR. However, the only fact I know is that it will happen on April 17th, so can't defend the decision with solid facts. I agree it's a shame.