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keck telescope.
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Where is it? It's located in the US or the base of the summit of Mauna Kia in Hawaii.
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When was it built?
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The Keck telescope was built in the 1990s,
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but they actually decided to build a second version later in 1996
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puts its use
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monarchy A is a great spot, astronomical sayings
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being so near the equator.
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The twin keck Observatory telescopes are the
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world's most scientifically productive optical infrared telescopes.
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What are the dimensions? How big is it?
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Kick one and kick to both measures 10 m across, both being over 700,000 cubic feet.
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They aren't just crazy big. These things weight in at over 300 tons.
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Fun facts.
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The calculator of stories,
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2 10 m mirrors,
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each made up of 36 hexagonal shaped elements that work together as a single mirror
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kept.
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The observatory was the first major facilities,
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adaptive optics and laser guide stars and it
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operates a picture of the infrared world.