American charitable foundation
W. M. Keck Foundation| Founded | 1954 |
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| Founder | William Myron Keck |
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| Focus | supporting scientific, engineering, and medical research |
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Area served | United States |
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| Website | www.wmkeck.org |
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W. M. Keck Observatory at dawn, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
The Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii projects a laser beam into the night sky to form an artificial guide star for adaptive optics. The galactic plane of the Milky Way is visible in the sky to the right of the image. The stars are trailed in this 3 minute fixed camera exposure due to the rotation of the earth.
Old pumpjack in the W. M. Keck Foundation Gallery, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The Keck Array at the South Pole observatory, Antarctica.
The W. M. Keck Foundation is an American charitable foundation supporting scientific, engineering, and medical research in the United States. It was founded in 1954 by William Myron Keck, founder and president of Superior Oil Company (part of ExxonMobil since 1999). The Foundation's net assets exceeded $1.3 billion at the end of 2019.
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