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UCSC Scientists Capture First Cosmic Web Filaments at Keck Observatory
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UCSC Scientists Capture First Cosmic Web Filaments at Keck Observatory

January 19, 2014

MAUNA KEA, HAWAII – Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar illuminating a vast nebula of diffuse gas, revealing for the first time part of the network of filaments thought to connect galaxies... Read more »

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Tonight observers from KECK and UCB/UCI will use OSIRIS-LGS/PCS* and NIRC2-NGS+NIRSPEC/NIRSPEC*. Sun set 06:40:00pm rise 06:24:00am
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MOSFIRE and ESI* are the instruments tonight. Observers are from CIT and CIT. Sun set 06:40:00pm rise 06:25:00am
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Tonight's schedule is MOSFIRE on Keck 1 and NIRSPEC* on Keck 2 for our lucky observers from CIT and NASA. Sun set 06:39:00pm rise 06:26:00am
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The sky is ready for MOSFIRE and ESI*. Our observers from CIT and CIT-Y are also ready. Sun set 06:39:00pm rise 06:27:00am
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