Sunday 13th of September 2009.
Haleakala and the Faukes telescope are accustomed to international visitors but this is the first time to my knowledge that FTN has welcomed visitors from South Korea. The two sisters Yun K Oh and Sun K are from Seoul in South Korea.
The two young ladies earlier in the day had participated in a horseback ride into the Haleakala crater and I will bear witness to their excitment during that ride into the crater. However their response when they saw FTN made their reactions during the crater trek pale into insignificance.
The younger sister had expressed her interest in Astronomy but I was totally unprepared for their reactions when they initially saw the telescope and the enclosure opening-very humbling and gratifying.
One of the LCOGT hard hats has a new owner and the LCOGT logo will soon be proudly displayed in the streets of Seoul.
Mark Elphick
LCOGT-Faulkes Telescope North
