Keck I

Overview

Keck I is one of two 10-metre Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea, using a segmented primary mirror of 36 hexagonal segments.

Instruments

• HIRESOptical echelle spectrograph

Observing bands

Knowledge connections

• Operated byCalifornia Association for Research in Astronomy
• Part ofW. M. Keck Observatory
• ObservesVisible light
• ObservesNear-infrared
• Has instrumentHIRES

Sources

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• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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