Twenty seven medical doctors from the east coast visited Mauna Kea with their leader (amateur astronomer extraordinaire and AAVSO member) Dr Mario Motta. Dr Motta helped us share the science of astronomy with his colleagues, who were visiting the Big Island after a medical Convention on Oahu. Mahalo to Mary Beth Laychak of Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and Kumiko Hasegawa and Dean DeSa of Subaru Telescope.

The group receives a safety briefing by Kenyan Beals in the VIS parking lot

Dean DeSa offers information about the Subaru Telescope to our guests

The group inside the Keck Observatory visitor gallery

Dr Mario Motta takes a break from behind the camera, inside the CFHT

Mary Beth Laychak and our guests are dwarfed by the yoke of the CFHT

On the catwalk of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, with Gemini and UKIRT behind