Construction of the Keck Observatory

Jerry E. Nelson; Terry S. Mast

doi:10.1117/12.19171

1 July 1990 Construction of the Keck Observatory

Jerry E. Nelson, Terry S. Mast

Proceedings Volume 1236, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes IV; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19171
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1990, Tucson, AZ, United States

Abstract

The W.M. Keck Observatory and its Ten-Meter Telescope are nearing completion at the summit of Mauna Kea. The 10-m diameter primary mirror has a 17.5-m focal length and is composed of 36 hexagonal segments. There will be seven Ritchey-Chretien f/15 foci: two of them at Nasmyth foci, one at Cassegrain focus, and four at bent Cassegrain foci on the elevation ring. There will also be an f/25 IR focal plane at the intersection of the optical and elevation axes, whose focus will be chopped by a beryllium secondary mirror. Image quality with a FWHM of the order of about 0.25 arcsec, and an 80-percent enclosed energy diameter of about 0.40 arcsec, are anticipated.

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Jerry E. Nelson and Terry S. Mast "Construction of the Keck Observatory", Proc. SPIE 1236, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes IV, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19171

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