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Issue 21 / Winter 2017 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Keck Visiting Scholars Program
• New HIRES Echelle Format Simulator
• Time Domain Astronomy
• KCWI Installed on the Keck II Telescope and First Light
• New Support Astronomer Sherry Yeh joins WMKO
• Mainland Observing Updates
• The Return of MOSFIRE
• MOSFIRE Accident Investigation
• Adaptive Optics Development Update

Issue 20 / Summer 2016 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Keck Strategic Plan
• DEIMOS Service Mission
• New Remote Observing Facility
• New door codes at VSQ
• Mahalo Hein Tran
• OSIRIS Spec Upgrade and DRP
• Keck Seeing Statistics
• Scheduling Flexibility
• MOSFIRE DRP
• Keck II Laser

Issue 19 / Winter 2016 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• TDA at Keck
• Vortex Coronograph
• KCWI
• OSIRIS Updates
• MOSFIRE pipeline

Issue 18 / Winter 2015 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Keck II Next Generation Laser System
• MOSFIRE Data Reduction Pipeline at WMKO
• Upgrades To The Remote Observing Rooms
• DEIMOS Servicing Mission
• TRICK Update
• Aloha Greg Wirth

Issue 17 / Summer 2014 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Keck I TBAD Completed
• DEIMOS Servicing Mission
• All Eyes on the Galactic Center
• Barbara Schaefer’s Retirement
• Message From Barbara
• Observing Tips
• Hurricane Iselle

Issue 16 / Winter 2014 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Recent Grant Funding Successes
• News From Observing Support
• A New Near Infrared Tip-Tilt Sensor For Keck I LGSAO
• TBAD, A Transponder-based Aircraft Detection System For LGSAO
• Center Launch System On The Keck II Telescope
• Keck Observatory Goes Solar

Issue 15 / Summer 2013 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• KOA Expands to Archive All Instruments
• Instrument Usage and Efficiency
• Preliminary On-demand Release of the Keck Observing Logs
• Remote Ops Says "Sayonara!" to Sun/Solaris
• New Post–observing Comment Form
• New Gold-Coated Gratings for the LRIS Red Side
• OSIRIS DRP Handover

Issue 14 / Winter 2013 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Operations Update
• MOSFIRE Stakes "MVP" Claim During Standout Rookie Campaign
• SCAM Revival Restores NIRSPEC's Infrared Slit Viewing Capability
• OSIRIS Grating Upgrade Doubles Instrument Throughput
• New Booking Process for VSQ Rooms Streamlines Reservations
• Wal Sargent — A Remembrance

Issue 13 / Summer 2012 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• MOSFIRE Goes On-Sky and Fulfills High Hopes
• SHARP Images of Gravitational Lenses Reveal Invisible Galaxies
• Keck I LGS AO System Enters Shared-Risk Science Phase
• Astronomer-Friendly Software for “Goof-Proof” Slitmask Alignment
• Slitmask Incentives: Do They Help Reduce Late Masks?
• Hundreds Flock to Keck to Watch Venus Cross the Sun
• Changing of the Guard Among the Instrument Masters
• An Appreciation for Bob Kibrick, Who Worked Behind the Scenes to Improve Keck

Issue 12 / Winter 2012 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• MOSFIRE Arrives, Heralding New Era of IR Multislit Spectroscopy
• OSIRIS Move Gives Keck I Dedicated AO Science Instrument
• “Target of Opportunity” Keck Images Prove Crucial in Characterizing the M101 Supernova Progenitor Star
• Recent NIRC2 Enhancements: Filters, Throughput Monitoring, and KOA
• New HIRES Slit Guider Sees More Sky and Fainter Targets
• DEIMOS Works Through Some Glitches But Remains Fully Functional
• Recent Software Upgrades: Making Your Life Easier, Bit by Bit
• Using Keck Spectra to Probe a Mysterious Star System in Taurus-Auriga

Issue 11 / Summer 2011 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Swinburne to Host Keck Science Workshop in March 2012
• Bidding Aloha to the Keck Interferometer
• OSIRIS to Inaugurate AO Science on Keck I
• Primary Mirror Control Systems on Keck I and II Migrate to Modern Computers
• Telescope Mirror Recoatings Keep the Photons Flowing In
• Massive Monitors Lend “Mission Control” Aura to Waimea Remote Ops
• Keck’s Adaptive Optics Systems Produce Great Astronomical Science
• Pair of Talented Astronomers Join Keck's Observing Support Team

Issue 10 / Winter 2011 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• LRIS Gets a New Red Dewar and Detectors
• Keck I LGS-AO Adopts Free-Space Transport System
• New NIRC2 Dithering Scripts May Improve Your “MPG”
• First Results from NIRSPEC-AO in the Thermal IR
• The Imminent Arrival of MOSFIRE, Keck’s New Infrared, Multi-Object, Imaging Spectrograph
• New Computer Speeds OSIRIS Reductions
• SpecPro Tool Enables Interactive Analysis of DEIMOS Spectra
• Our New Paradigm: All VNC, All the Time
• A Better Way to Submit Mainland Observing Requests
• New Mainland Observing Sites Expand Keck’s Dominion
• “Aloha” and “A Hui Hou” to Staff

Issue 9 / Summer 2010 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Keck II Segment Recoating Nears Completion; Keck I to Follow
• LRIS Red CCD Upgrade II Status
• KOA Now Serves NIRSPEC Data
• Mildest Mauna Kea Winter in Years Yields More Time for Observing
• Team Keck Science
• Increase in VSQ Rates

Issue 8 / Winter 2010 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Keck I Laser Achieves First On-Sky Propagation
• The Return of Segment Exchange
• OSIRIS Status: Fourth OSIRIS Service is the Charm!
• LRIS Red CCD Charge Transfer Problem Stabilized
• Integral Field Spectroscopy Comes to ESI
• Keck Interferometer Offers Improved Performance and New ASTRA Mode
• Novel Techniques Developed for Adaptive Optics
• Operations Notebook
• UCO/Lick Seeks Input on Next-Generation Slitmask Tools
• Espresso Returns to Keck

Issue 7 / Summer 2009 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Operations Notes
• OSIRIS Experiencing Thermal Problems
• WMKO Upgrades LRIS Red Detector and Offset Guider
• New PIO Ashley Yeager joins Observatory’s Advancement Team
• Keck I Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System Nears Completion

Issue 6 / Winter 2009 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• AO Operations Team Improves Laser and AO Performance
• Mainland Observing Brings the Observatory to You
• New LRIS Red Camera Expected in June 2009
• Keck II ACS Upgrade Project Aims to Modernize a “Workhorse” System
• Old LRIS Guider Hardware to Disappear by MAGIQ
• OSIRIS Servicing Mission Addresses Opto-Mechanical and Thermal Problems
• New Online Exposure Time Calculator Available for HIRES
• Keck’s Data Archive Now Offers Extracted HIRES Spectra

Issue 5 / Summer 2008 [PDF]

• Director’s Introduction
• Keck Interferometer Adds New High-spectral-resolution Mode
• New Support Astronomer Scott Dahm Joins Observing Support Group
• The State of the Keck Mirror Segments
• Keck I Telescope Prepares for Laser Deployment
• New Lasing Policy Improves Access to Targets
• Space Command Changes Impact Keck Lasing
• March 2008 OSIRIS Service: You Asked for It, You Got It!
• Metrics: Number of Targets

Issue 4 / Winter 2008 [PDF]

• Director's Introduction
• Next Generation Wave Front Controller (NGWFC)
• Keck I Cassegrain ADC: Looking Sharp from Any Angle
• Keck I Pointing Issues
• MAGIQ Guider System
• Observer Homepages at Keck
• Top Performers

Issue 3 / Summer 2004

• Keck Infrared Multi-object Spectrograph
• Team Keck Treasury Redshift Survey
• ESI Supports the Stardust Mission to Comet Wild 2
• Deputy Director Jim Beletic Moves on to Rockwell
• 2003B “Efficiency Hall of Fame”
• Past and Future Events

Issue 2 / Winter 2003

• The LRIS Reliability Plan
• Keck I Shutter Drive Upgrade
• Electron Beam Coating Chamber
• Mainland Observing
• Keck Observatory Archive
• NIRSPEC Reliability Project
• New LWS Filters
• HIRES Detector Upgrade Delay

Issue 1 / Fall 2003

• HIRES Detector Upgrade
• LRIS & DEIMOS Slitmask Milling
• NIRC-2 Servicing Mission
• VSQ Changes
• Keck User's Group
• Efficient Observing in Semester 2003A
• Keck Science Meeting