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Keck Observatory Keck Observatory The hexagonal-segmented 10-metre primary mirror of the Keck I telescope. A technician riding a bucket crane (right of centre) is seen cleaning the mirror. Keck Observatory Mauna Kea Observatory
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The hexagonal-segmented 10-metre primary mirror of the Keck I telescope. A technician riding a bucket crane (right of centre) is seen cleaning the mirror.
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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
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