answersLogoWhite

0

The mirrors are made up of 36 -1.9 meter hexagonal segments arranged and phased to give a ten meter diameter telescope

User Avatar

Wiki User

9y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Natural Sciences
Related Questions

How big are the mirrors on the keck telescopes?

10 m


What telescope was the first to use many mirrors in a honeycomb patter to avoid the difficulties associated with large mirrors?

The Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) was the first telescope to use a honeycomb pattern of smaller mirrors to create the effect of a larger mirror. This design helped to minimize some of the difficulties associated with manufacturing and maintaining large, single-piece mirrors.


Which ground-based telescopes has a collecting surface that combines more than a dozen mirrors?

Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii


How are the telescopes Keck I and Keck II different from radio telescope?

They are optical telescopes.


When was Keck Telescope invented?

1977


What is the location of the keck telescopes?

The Keck Observatory is located near the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. It consists of two telescopes, Keck I and Keck II, which are among the largest and most scientifically productive telescopes in the world.


How are the telescopes keck 1 and keck 2 different from a radio telescope?

I have no idea and it does not even say it in the textbook


When was the fist time Keck Telescope was put into service?

Construction of Keck 1 Telescope began in September 1985 and it began scientific observations in March 1993. Construction of Keck II began in 1991 and it was first used in 1996.


What is a Keplerian telescope?

what is a keck telescope; The world's premier optical telescope, located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Completed in 1992, it is the first of a new generation of telescopes in which electronic controls constantly adjust a collection of small mirrors to compensate for atmospheric distortion to produce images of unprecedented clarity.


How are radio telescopes different from keck telescopes?

Keck telescopes do not exist, Keck telescope refers to the WM Keck Observatory on Mt. Kea.The Keck Observatory is comprised of several opticalreflecting telescopes, whereas aradio telescope consists of a large parabolic solid metal or screen reflector with a radioreceiver at its focus, built to detect and measure radio waves.


What are examples of optical telescopes?

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is an example of an optical telescope, as are the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. the Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California and the Hooker 100 inch Telescope at the Mt Wilson Observatory, also California.


What type of telescope uses lenses or mirrors to gather focus light energy?

the reflecting telescope uses mirrors and lenses. The refracting telescope does not include the mirrors.