W. M. Keck Observatory

The W. M. Keck Observatory is an astronomical observatory with two telescopes at an elevation of 4,145 meters near the summit of in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Observatory
  • Description: astronomical observatory located in Hawaii
  • Also known as: “Keck”, “Keck Observatory”, and “Keck telescope”
  • Address: 65-1120 Mamalahoa Hwy., Kamuela, HI

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pu‘uwēkiu and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility.

Volcano
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Mauna Kea is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. Its peak is 13,803 feet above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind .

Observatory
The is a 3.2-meter telescope optimized for use in infrared astronomy and located at the Mauna Kea Observatory in . is situated 260 metres east of W. M. Keck Observatory.

Research institute
Photo: Leijurv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The are a group of independent astronomical research facilities and large telescope observatories that are located at the summit of on Hawaiʻi, United States. is situated 200 metres southeast of W. M. Keck Observatory.

W. M. Keck Observatory

Latitude
19.82634° or 19° 49′ 35″ north
Longitude
-155.47446° or 155° 28′ 28″ west
Height
5 metres (16 feet)
Operator
California Association for Research in Astronomy
Open location code
73F6RGGG+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“W. M. Keck Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “W.M. Keck-sterrewag”
  • Arabic: “مرصد كيك”
  • Basque: “Keck teleskopioa”
  • Bosnian: “Keck teleskopi”
  • Bosnian: “Teleskopi Keck”
  • Bulgarian: “Tелескопи Кек”
  • Bulgarian: “Обсерватория Кек”
  • Catalan: “Keck”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de W. M. Keck”
  • Catalan: “observatori W. M. Keck”
  • Catalan: “Observatori W. M. Keck”
  • Catalan: “Observatori WM Keula”
  • Catalan: “Telescopi Keck II”
  • Catalan: “Telescopi Keck”
  • Catalan: “W. M. Keck Observatory”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی کیک”
  • Chinese: “W. M. 凯克天文台”
  • Chinese: “凯克天文台”
  • Chinese: “凯克望远镜”
  • Chinese: “凱克天文台”
  • Croatian: “Keck I”
  • Croatian: “Keck II”
  • Croatian: “Teleskop Keck”
  • Croatian: “Teleskopi Keck”
  • Czech: “Keck”
  • Czech: “Keckovy dalekohledy”
  • Danish: “W. M. Keck Observatoriet”
  • Dutch: “Keck telescoop”
  • Dutch: “Keck-observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Keck-telescopen”
  • Dutch: “W.M. Keck-observatorium”
  • Dutch: “William Myron Keck observatorium”
  • Dutch: “William Myron Keck-observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد دبليو ام كيك”
  • Estonian: “W. M. Kecki observatoorium”
  • Estonian: “W. M. Kecki teleskoobi observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Keck-teleskoopit”
  • French: “Keck telescope”
  • French: “Observatoire Keck”
  • French: “observatoire W. M. Keck”
  • French: “Observatoire W. M. Keck”
  • French: “Observatoire W.M. Keck”
  • French: “Télescope Keck”
  • French: “Télescopes Keck”
  • Galician: “Observatorio WM Keck”
  • German: “Keck-Observatorium”
  • German: “Keck-Teleskop”
  • German: “W. M. Keck Observatory”
  • German: “W.-M.-Keck-Observatorium”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο Κεκ”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים קק”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה קק”
  • Hindi: “कॅक वेधशाला”
  • Hungarian: “Keck Obszervatórium”
  • Icelandic: “W. M. Keck-stjörnuathugunarstöðin”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium W. M. Keck”
  • Irish: “Teileascóp Keck”
  • Italian: “Keck Observatory”
  • Italian: “telescopi Keck”
  • Italian: “Telescopi Keck”
  • Italian: “W. M. Keck Observatory”
  • Japanese: “W・M・ケック天文台”
  • Japanese: “ケックII望遠鏡”
  • Japanese: “ケックI望遠鏡”
  • Japanese: “ケック天文台”
  • Japanese: “ケック望遠鏡”
  • Korean: “W. M. 켁 천문대”
  • Korean: “켁 망원경”
  • Korean: “켁 천문대”
  • Lithuanian: “Keko observatorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Keko teleskopai”
  • Lithuanian: “W. M. Keck observatorija”
  • Lithuanian: “W. M. Keko observatorija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Keck-Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Кек”
  • Macedonian: “Кеков телескоп”
  • Macedonian: “Кекова опсерваторија”
  • Marathi: “डब्ल्यू.एम. केक वेधशाळा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Keck-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keck-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keckobservatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “W. M. Keck Observatory”
  • Norwegian: “Keck-observatoriet”
  • Persian: “تلسکوپ کک”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Kecka”
  • Polish: “Teleskop Kecka”
  • Polish: “Teleskopy Kecka”
  • Portuguese: “Keck Observatory”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Keck”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório W. M. Keck”
  • Portuguese: “Telescópio Keck”
  • Portuguese: “Telescópio W. M. Keck”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul W. M. Keck”
  • Russian: “Keck I”
  • Russian: “Keck Observatory”
  • Russian: “W. M. Keck Observatory”
  • Russian: “Кек”
  • Russian: “обсерватория им. У. М. Кека”
  • Russian: “обсерватория Кек”
  • Russian: “обсерватория Кека”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Кека”
  • Sinhala: “කෙක් දුරේක්ෂය”
  • Slovak: “Keck 1”
  • Slovak: “Keck 2”
  • Slovak: “Keckove ďalekohľady”
  • Slovak: “Keckove teleskopy”
  • Slovenian: “kack teleskopi”
  • Spanish: “Keck”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Keck”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio W M Keck”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio W M. Keck”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio W. M. Keck.”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio W. M. Keck”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio W.M. Keck”
  • Spanish: “Telescopio Keck”
  • Spanish: “Telescopios Keck”
  • Swedish: “Keck Observatory”
  • Swedish: “Keck-observatoriet”
  • Swedish: “Keckobservatoriet”
  • Turkish: “W. M. Keck Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія ім. В.М. Кека”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Кека”
  • Urdu: “ڈبلیو ایم کیک رصدگاہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Keck”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn W. M. Keck”

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