Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Observatories Surived the Hawaiian Earthquake

Looks like the Keck observatories on Mauna Kea survived the recent earthquake. It was reported that both Keck I and Keck II suffers minor damages - strained/bent restraining bolts, etc.. Both did rocked back and forth on their mountings. The precision mounts for Keck I were damaged, while Keck II's moving system was damaged.

Both are expected to be back up by end of the week.

Zz.

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