About W. M. Keck Observatory
Advancing the frontiers of astronomy and sharing our discoveries to inspire the imagination of all.
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Kamuela, Hawaii
- Founded
- 1985
- Company type
- Nonprofit
The W. M. Keck Observatory telescopes are among the most scientifically productive on Earth. The two 10-meter optical/infrared telescopes atop Maunakea on the Island of Hawaiʻi feature a suite of advanced instruments including imagers, multi-object spectrographs, high-resolution spectrographs, integral-field spectrometers, and world-leading laser guide star adaptive optics systems. Keck Observatory is a private 501(c) 3 non-profit organization operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation. We wish to recognize and acknowledge the very significant cultural role and reverence that the summit of Maunakea has always had within the Native Hawaiian community. We are most fortunate to have the opportunity to conduct observations from this mountain
Specialties
- Astronomy
- Spectroscopy
- Adaptive Optics
- Instrumentation
- and Astrophysics
Company locations
65-1120 Mamalahoa Hwy., Kamuela, Hawaii 96743, US
Summit of Mauna Kea, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, US
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Business areas
- Education
- Aerospace
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