Keck I dome. Credit: David J. Eicher
Yesterday, I shared with you the
first of a number of videos I shot on our Hawaiian transit of Venus trip two weeks ago. Among other activities, our group of about 100 travelers trekked up to the summit of Mauna Kea to see the 10-meter Keck I Telescope. We had as our guide a well-known user of the Kecks, Alex Filippenko from the University of California, Berkeley, and he gave us an insider’s tour.
The file sizes for movies are so huge they must be carried back home and processed rather than posted remotely. So I’m presenting the second one here — an insider’s tour of the Keck I Telescope inside the Visitor Center, with the rare opportunity to see one of the world’s largest telescopes in motion.
More videos from Hawaii to come.
Enjoy!