The Maunakea Observatories have been controversial since the first telescope was built in the late 1960s. Originally part of research begun by Gerard Kuiper of the University of Arizona, the site has
Three of Mauna Kea's existing telescopes: the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (foreground), the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (middle distance), and the Submillimeter Array (background)
Kealoha Pisciotta, a former Maunakea Observatories employee, testifies at a State hearing in 2011.
W. M. Keck Observatory
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The W. M. Keck Observatory is an astronomical observatory with two telescopes at an elevation of 4,145 meters near the summit of Mauna Kea in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Both telescopes have 10 m apertu
The Keck II telescope showing the segmented primary mirror
Keck Observatory closeup
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