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Keck Observatory

(Keck)
(observatory in Hawaii with two 10-meter reflectors)

Keck Observatory consists of two 10-meter adaptive optics reflector telescopes (Keck I and Keck II) near summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, at an elevation of 4,145 m (13,600 ft). When they went into operation in the 1990s, they represented a substantial increase in the size of optical telescopes and as of 2019, 10 meters remains largest class of individual optical telescopes in operation. The two can operate as an optical interferometer with a baseline of 85 meters, known as the Keck Interferometer (KI). The observatory is named for W. M. Keck whose foundation funded it. Its instruments include:

The Keck Planet Finder (KPF) is in the process of deployment (as of summer, 2023). Some previously listed instruments:


(telescope,reflector,interferometer,visible light,infrared,ground,Hawaii,optical interferometer)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._M._Keck_Observatory
http://www.keckobservatory.org/
https://www.ucobservatories.org/observatory/keck-observatory/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Keck-Observatory
https://www2.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/keck-telescope.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996PASP..108..615M/abstract
https://magazine.caltech.edu/post/building-keck-an-oral-history

Referenced by pages:
adaptive optics (AO)
AEGIS
angular resolution
aperture masking interferometry (AMI)
Cosmic Lens All-sky Survey (CLASS)
DEEP2
F4
Gliese 436 b (GJ 436 b)
Hale Telescope
interferometry
Keck Planet Finder (KPF)
Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC)
Large Altazimuth Telescope (BTA-6)
Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO)
methane (CH4)
monolithic mirror
Nasmyth telescope
NIRSpec
observatory (obs.)
optical interferometer
Overwhelmingly Large Telescope (OWL)
PALMS
reflector telescope
Ritchey-Chrétien telescope (RCT)
segmented mirror
SPLASH
TESS-Keck Survey (TKS)

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