Telescope & Facility Information
Telescope & Facility Information
Quick Facts
Including latitude, latitude, and altitude, as well as optical prescription of the telescope.
Overview of The Observatory
Very general information about the Observatory.
Keck Telescopes and Facility Instruments Guide (120kb PDF)
More specific information about the Observatory, including a description and a diagram of telescope pointing limits.
Interfacing Visitor Instruments
Contains lots of useful tidbits on the facility instruments, too.
Weather links
Images from Mauna Kea, satellite images, weather forecasts.
CSO page
Useful page from the folks at CSO with a tau plot and most recent measurement (tau now).
Atmospheric Transmission Plot, 1-5.5 µm
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NIRSPEC Home Page
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Instruments Home Page
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Keck Home Page
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Observer's Reference Shelf
Last modified: 21 Dec 2000
