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The cost of a telescope goes up very rapidly as the diameter of its main mirror increases. The Keck telescopes cost about $100 million each, and,. Giant telescope
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from Science News in Reference. The cost of construction, about $87 million, will be supplied by Caltech in. "HET is
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most large Johnson says. "Each
Keck telescope cost about $100 million.
HET cost just $16 million. Keck I is twice
as cost-effective, but is the first
of its size, and may have a bigger scientific
impact than any of the 11 8-m10-m
telescopes now coming. The NSF funds will
support the fabrication of an integral field spectrograph
for the Keck II telescope
called OSIRIS, at a cost of $2.75
million,. 2 Jun 2006. 8-meter telescopes and
the Keck Observatory 10-meter telescopes..
A formal cost review
of the project is scheduled for September
2006. Thirty Meter Telescope Project Update. by
Ray Carlberg. however, the same 1.1 power
is close to the inflation corrected cost of
the Keck 10m.. This is a photo of an
assembled Keck Telescope Space Craft SCIENCE
KIT.. The Keck Telescope kit has 34 laser-cut parts.
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