Keck Telescope Display DomeFor your assembled Keck Telescope Space Craft SCIENCE KitOrder code: KDISP  Display your Keck Telescope Space Craft ® SCIENCE KIT in fine style while protecting it from dust and wear. The photo above shows an assembled Keck Telescope SCIENCE KIT displayed within its Keck Telescope Display Dome. Base and placard are NOT included, however the placard text card is included, and suggested sources for a wooden base and other details are provided. (Note: The white cube and railings on the Nasmyth platform inside the dome were modifications added by the model maker. The cube represents one of the Keck Telescope's scientific instruments.)
Set the model that you have carefully assembled (kit sold separately) inside this close-to-scale size observatory dome made of clear acrylic. The display's shape is designed to capture and repeat important visual cues from the actual Keck Observatory's domes. Compare with the photo of one of the Keck Observatory's domes, below left, courtesy Roger Ressmeyer/Cobris.
Your display dome is an 8-inch diameter spheroid clear acrylic dome which has a vertical seam that is barely noticeable, and a small injection-mold nub on top which is also easily overlooked. These have been polished out for minimum visibility. The bottom of the dome is a circular seven-inch diameter opening that readily permits lowering the dome carefully over your assembled model. No adhesive is suggested; Earth's gravitation is sufficient to keep your display intact.
(Does not include the Keck Telescope Space Craft SCIENCE Kit itself, which is sold separately)
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