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This course provides an introduction to modern observational methods used in astronomy. Ground and space-based telescopes ... you will have an understanding of techniques used in spectroscopy, ...

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a federally funded research ... three 85-foot telescopes that compromise the Green Bank Interferometer, and a 40-foot telescope used by school groups and ...

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