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CalTech Submillimeter Observatory CSO

European Southern Observatory ESO

Harvard College Observatory Harvard

Jodrell Bank A telescope in England designed to detect radio waves emitted by astronomical objects.

Lowell Observatory Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. 1400 Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 Lowell 2100 m 1894 0.5 m (1894)

Mt. Wilson 13 km from Pasadena, California, USA. 1600 m The location, in California, of the 100-inch diameter telescope used by Edwin Hubble and others. Hale (1904-19??) 2.5 m (1910) - largest in the world at that time

Palomar The mountain in California upon which sits what was the largest telescope in the United States, 200 inches in diameter. The telescope itself is sometimes referred to as the Mt. Palomar telescope.

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Subject	has location	has owner	has address	has creator	has acronym	has altitude	has definition	has director	has creation date	has telescope
CalTech Submillimeter Observatory					CSO
European Southern Observatory					ESO
Harvard College Observatory		Harvard
Jodrell Bank							A telescope in England designed to detect radio waves emitted by astronomical objects.
Lowell Observatory	Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.		1400 Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001	Lowell		2100 m			1894	0.5 m (1894)
Mt. Wilson	13 km from Pasadena, California, USA.					1600 m	The location, in California, of the 100-inch diameter telescope used by Edwin Hubble and others.	Hale (1904-19??)		2.5 m (1910) - largest in the world at that time
Palomar							The mountain in California upon which sits what was the largest telescope in the United States, 200 inches in diameter. The telescope itself is sometimes referred to as the Mt. Palomar telescope.