optical observatory

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observatories

  • Mount Palomar
    In astronomical observatory

    …largest number of observatories are optical; i.e., they are equipped to observe in and near the region of the spectrum visible to the human eye. Some other observatories are instrumented to detect cosmic emitters of radio waves, while still others called satellite observatories are Earth satellites that carry special telescopes…

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