<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/westmont-news/powerful-keck-telescope-back-action.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>10/19/2018</pubDate><title>Powerful Keck Telescope Back in Action</title><excerpt>Following a 10-month hiatus, the Keck Telescope will be back up and running Friday, Oct. 19, at the public viewing of the stars, beginning about 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The college spent more than $34,000 to have officials from DFM Engineering in Colorado repair the powerful telescope, a 24-inch F/8 Cassegrain reflecting instrument with Ritchey-Chretien optics.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2018/10/MoonBig-505x337.jpg" alt="The Keck Telescope is housed at the Westmont Observatory"/>
        </image><caption>The Keck Telescope is housed at the Westmont Observatory</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...</description></item>