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Located in Chile on Cerro Paranal in Atacama Desert/4 separate telescopes that can be used together
Located in New Mexico/named for Karl Jansky/27 twenty-five meter radio telescopes in Y-shaped array/functions as interferometer/part of National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Located at Williams Bay, Wisconsin/founded in 1897/considered 'birthplace of modern astrophysics'
Located in Puerto Rico/radio telescope completed in 1963/known for work with SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) project
Located in Canary Islands, Spain/high altitude (7861 ft)/optical & infrared telescopes/world's largest single aperture optical telescope
Located on Hawaii's Big Island/world's largest array of optical, infrared, & submillimeter equipment/more telescopes than any other single mountain peak in the world
Located in Antarctica at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station/single telescope w/diameter of 10 meters/1st used in 2007
Located in Atacama Desert in Chile/array includes 66 twelve-meter & 7-meter diameter radio telescopes/partnership between US, Europe, Chile, Canada, East Asia/cost $1 billion
Located in Chile in Atacama Desert/run by Japanese astronomers/altitude of 18,500 ft makes it highest observatory on earth
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