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Observing
at WMKO - After Your Observing Run |
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Instructions
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Publication Acknowledgements |
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Observatory Acknowledgement |
We request all scientific papers based on Keck data
include the following acknowledgement (selecting the parenthetical words as
appropriate) and suggest it appear as a footnote to the title of the paper
itself:
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Some of the data presented herein were obtained at Keck Observatory, which is a private 501(c)3 non-profit organization operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation.
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Maunakea Site Acknowledgement |
We further suggest to all authors they include the
following statement in the acknowledgement section at the end of their published
paper:
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The authors wish to recognize and acknowledge the very significant cultural role and reverence that the summit of Maunakea has always had within the Native Hawaiian community. We are most fortunate to have the opportunity to conduct observations from this mountain.
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Facility Tag |
To help associate your work with W. M. Keck Observatory (WMKO), and help us keep an up-to-date list of publications involving WMKO work, please use the appropriate facility tags in your document. See the examples below:
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Instrument Acknowledgement |
In addition, we encourage all users of WMKO facility instruments to cite the appropriate reference for that instrument in the body of any published scientific paper.
Please check the table below for citations for the
instruments listed.
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NGS-AO, LGS-AO (1) and (2) |
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NIRC2 |
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Interferometer: V2 mode, nuller
mode , and L band V2 mode |
OSIRIS and 2013 Grating |
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KOA Archive Acknowledgement |
If the Keck Observatory Archive (KOA) has been
used in your research, please include the following acknowledgement in your
publications:
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This
research has made use of the Keck Observatory Archive (KOA), which is
operated by the W. M. Keck Observatory and the NASA Exoplanet Science
Institute (NExScI), under contract with the
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Sharing Research Results with the Public and Media |
The W. M. Keck Observatory strongly encourages observers to share
their results with the public. A Communications Office has been established to support you in this effort. This
office is available to discuss proposals, ideas and other items related to
communications and outreach. Contact:
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Mari-Ela Chock W. M. Keck Observatory |
Press Releases and
Other Media Events
Results
which appear to be of special interest to the general public may be made the
subject of a W. M. Keck Observatory (WMKO) press release to the news media. In the event your research
organization wishes to join with WMKO in a simultaneous news release,
arrangements may be made through the Communications Office
as indicated above. Authors who publish data based fully or in part on data
obtained at the WMKO are asked to provide acknowledgment in
press releases and to news media reporters during interviews, including radio,
television, Internet, telephone and video broadcasts. Please notify the
Communications Office of these events.
Citations of Your
Papers
The Keck
Observatory Bibliography lists refereed papers and PhD dissertations
referencing data collected at the W. M. Keck Observatory. Please send citations
for the WMKO Bibliography to Shelly Pelfrey, spelfrey@keck.hawaii.edu.
This
page last updated 20-Sept-2023 sp
Telescope-scheduling@keck.hawaii.edu