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An unprocessed image of M57, the Ring Nebula in the constellation Lyra, from April 5, 2012. (Photo courtesy of Keck Obervatory)

First light of powerful new MOSFIRE instrument

Posted on 12:24 pm, Sunday, April 8, 2012. Tags: , ,

MEDIA RELEASE Engineers and astronomers are celebrating the much anticipated first light of the MOSFIRE instrument, now installed on the Keck I telescope at W. M. Keck Observatory. MOSFIRE (Multi-Object Spectrometer For Infra-Red Exploration) will vastly increase the data gathering power of what is already the world’s most productive ground-based observatory. “This is a near-infrared […]

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