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The mountain had its first telescope. It was small, no larger than many amateur telescopes, but Kuiper planned on shipping a 28-inch telescope and a 20-foot dome from Arizona as soon as an agreement with the University of Hawaii was made, then he would get money from NASA for a 60-inch telescope. PROBLEMS Kuiper assured officials at the University of Hawaii that he had money for a 60-inch telescope. He did, however, have some reservations about a joint venture with them. Steiger had mentioned to hirn that he was not getting as much support for his solar observatory on Maui as he would like.
M "0 (') '" o m r m -l :2 m Z Cl :>Z '" 6 z :>Z "0 >< m 42 CHAPTER 3 ter than on Mount Kobau, and with Mauna Kea being so high, observations could be made in the infrared. There was also the advantage of skies free of light pollution; the only large city on the island is Hilo, and it is usually buried beneath the clouds associated with an inversion layer. Once the Canadians and French had agreed to work together, they had a number of decisions to make. Both countries had drawn up plans for a telescope.
Later, he added another $17,000. While in Honolulu, Kuiper visited President Hamilton of the University of Hawaii, and George Woollard, the director of the Institute of Geophysics. He left for Arizona the next day. Earlier Kuiper had also made arrangements for Lyman Nichols, the District Wildlife Biologist, to hike to the top of Mauna Kea. Nichols made the trip in early February and took several slides. In his letter to Kuiper he gave a detailed description of the area. On the basis 26 CHAPTER2 The ranger station at HaIe Pohaku.