Project News

All Active Instruments Raw (Level 0) Data Now Available in Near-Real Time

Keck Observatory Archive • Project News • August 29th, 2022

KOA now ingests raw (level 0) NIRES, NIRSPEC, and OSIRIS observations and Quicklook (level 1) and Reduced (level 2) OSIRIS products in near-real time, generally within 5 minutes after acquisition. Raw (level 0) LRIS observations, raw (level 0) NIRC2 observations and Quicklook (level 1) calibrated...

DEIMOS, ESI, MOSFIRE, AND HIRES REAL TIME INGESTION

Keck Observatory Archive • Project News • April 19th, 2022

KOA now ingests raw (level 0) DEIMOS, ESI, HIRES, KCWI, and MOSFIRE observations in near-real time, generally within 5 minutes after acquisition.

New Python API for KOA

Keck Observatory Archive • Project News • October 14th, 2021

KOA has released a Python API that supports queries for public and protected raw science and calibration data for all active and retired instruments at the W. M. Keck Observatory.

Astronomers' Discovery Sheds New Light On Famous Einstein Ring

Keck Observatory Archive • Project News • June 1st, 2020

Determined to find a needle in a cosmic haystack, a pair of astronomers time traveled through archives of old data from W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauankea in Hawaii and old X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to unlock a mystery surrounding a bright, lensed, heavily obscured quasar.

All Active Instruments Raw (Level 0) Data Now Available in Near-Real Time

Keck Observatory Archive • August 29th, 2022

KOA now ingests raw (level 0) NIRES, NIRSPEC, and OSIRIS observations and Quicklook (level 1) and Reduced (level 2) OSIRIS products in near-real time, generally within 5 minutes...

DEIMOS, ESI, MOSFIRE, AND HIRES REAL TIME INGESTION

Keck Observatory Archive • April 19th, 2022

KOA now ingests raw (level 0) DEIMOS, ESI, HIRES, KCWI, and MOSFIRE observations in near-real time, generally within 5 minutes after acquisition.

New Python API for KOA

Keck Observatory Archive • October 14th, 2021

KOA has released a Python API that supports queries for public and protected raw science and calibration data for all active and retired instruments at the W. M. Keck Observatory.

Astronomers' Discovery Sheds New Light On Famous Einstein Ring

Keck Observatory Archive • June 1st, 2020

Determined to find a needle in a cosmic haystack, a pair of astronomers time traveled through archives of old data from W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauankea in Hawaii and old...