🔭 W. M. Keck Observatory

United States · Americas · 19.83°N, 155.47°W

The W. M. Keck Observatory is an astronomical observatory with two telescopes at an elevation of 4,145 meters (13,600 ft) near the summit of Mauna Kea in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Both telescopes have 10 m (33 ft) aperture primary mirrors, and, when completed in 1993 and 1996, they were the largest optical reflecting telescopes in the world. They have been the third and fourth largest since 2006.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	19.83°N, 155.47°W · view on map

W. M. Keck Observatory is located in United States, in Americas.

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