Foundation president, Harvey Fineberg, and chairman emeritus and co-founder, Gordon Moore, discuss the Statement of Founders’ Intent with staff.
The W. M. Keck Observatory is a two-telescope astronomical observatory located near the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii. The observatory is governed by the California Association for Research in Astronomy whose board of directors includes representatives from the California Institute of Technology and the University of California.
Astronomers probe the local and distant Universe with the largest and most powerful optical and infrared telescopes in use, the Keck I and Keck II telescopes. The twin 10-meter optical/infrared telescopes feature a world-leading suite of advanced instruments including imagers, multi-object spectrographs, high-resolution spectrographs, integral-field spectroscopy and a laser guide star adaptive optics system.
The observatory sponsors public lectures, a podcast and science activities for students of all ages. It has a support base of over 800 Friends of Keck and a subscription base of nearly 20,000 astronomy professionals and enthusiasts.
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Keck Observatory
Mar 2022
$1,448,994
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Oct 2013
$250,000
18 months
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