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...days in the rarefied world of telescope making. Not since the 1934 casting of Mount Palomar's 5-m mirror -- a record size at the time -- has there been more innovation or competition to push the edge of possibility. In the clear air above Hawaii's Mauna Kea, the Keck I Telescope's mammoth 10-m mirror, built of 36 separate segments, is nearing final assembly -- a 10-month process was completed last week. Four years from now it will be joined by the Keck II, an equally monstrous twin. By then, the European Southern Observatory hopes to have positioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shoot for the Stars | 4/27/1992 | See Source »

...Silla, Chile. Pistons attached to the thin mirror can flex it in and out until a star is as focused as possible. The NTT has already produced some of the sharpest images ever taken from the ground. A comparable system will be used in other projects, including the giant Keck Telescope under construction atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Who Needs the Hubble? | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

Dartmouth closed to within 10 on a 4-yd. pass from Johnson to Chris Keck in the third quarter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Penn Slips Past Yale, Lifts Record to 6-0 | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

RECEIVING--Harvard, Gajewski 4-72, Bunning 4-46, Barringer 3-17, Lucas 3-76, Hinz 1-5, Glatz 1-21. Dartmouth, Anderson 6-51, Milaccio 4-37, Morton 3-26, Keck 3-34, Stretch 3-53, Stanham 2-12, Phillis 1-2, Drury 1-3, Clark...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Gridders Grind Green; Hinz Leads 42-3 Romp | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...reach and Hall was called on to punt again. Dartmouth took over at its own 13 with 6:40 left. Two running plays up the middle went for seven yards, giving Rorke and crew 3rd-and-three. Rorke gave the Green a first down by hitting Chris Keck, a hefty tight-end, over the middle...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Gridders Turn Green Black and Blue | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

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