Franklin & Marshall: Students Journey to Hawaii for Extra-Galactic Research
January 18, 2022
January 18, 2022
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, Jan. 18 (TNSRes) -- Franklin and Marshall College issued the following news:
Near the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea, senior Becca McClain recalled, she stood next to an observatory and marveled with her naked eye - not the lens of telescope - at the night sky.
"We watched the sun set above the clouds, and watched the stars come out in the clearest sky I have ever seen," she said. "It was the first time I ever saw the Milky Way . . .
Near the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea, senior Becca McClain recalled, she stood next to an observatory and marveled with her naked eye - not the lens of telescope - at the night sky.
"We watched the sun set above the clouds, and watched the stars come out in the clearest sky I have ever seen," she said. "It was the first time I ever saw the Milky Way . . .