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The PFS instrument now has the Hawaiian name “ʻŌnohiʻula”.

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On November 19, 2025 (Hawaii Time), a naming ceremony was held at the Subaru Telescope Hilo base facility, where the Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) gratefully received its new Hawaiian name: ʻŌnohiʻula which is pronounced like “oh-no-he-oo-lah” in the phoneticspelling for English speakers (and “オーノヒウラ” for Japanese speakers with the Katakana characters). The concept of giving a Hawaiian name on the… Read more »