W. M. Keck Observatory Achieves First Light with Keck Cosmic Reionization Mapper
W. M. Keck Observatory Achieves First Light with Keck Cosmic Reionization Mapper
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W. M. Keck Observatory Achieves First Light with Keck Cosmic Reionization Mapper – W. M. Keck Observatory
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Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – W. M. Keck Observatory is pleased to announce its newest instrument, the Keck Cosmic Reionization Mapper (KCRM), has successfully achieved “first light,” marking its first time ‘seeing’ the universe from Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island. On Sunday, June 4, KCRM team members from Keck Observatory and Caltech captured a first-light image of the Turtle Nebula, or NGC 6210, located about 6,600 light-years away in the Hercules constellation.