Keck and CFH Telescopes on Google Maps

After posting the Location of the VLT on Mount Cerro Paranal in Chile, here are the two Keck Domes and the Canada France Hawaii Telescope up on Mount Mauna Kea in Hawaii. These three were much more easy to find, given the fact that its up on a god damn volcano on a tiny island.
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Posted by Astronomy on October 23rd, 2007

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The VLT on Google Maps

After spending some (a lot) of time looking for the VLT on Google Maps, I finally found it! The Very Large Telescope is a set of 4 large astronomical telescopes, among the largest in the world (8.2 meters of diameter per telescope, set up in interfrerometer, and part of the European Southern Observatory, the ESO. […]

Posted by Astronomy on October 21st, 2007

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