This was definitely a high-priority, by-hand, single object reduction. They put 33 hours of Keck time into it--you don't do that unless you're certain you have

This was definitely a high-priority, by-hand, single object reduction. They put 33 hours of Keck time into it--you don't do that unless you're certain you have something very interesting. (For reference, the capitalized value of one night (~8 hours) of 10-m telescope time is roughly $100k.)