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Major Observatories Around the World
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Hubble Space Telescope
Orbit around Earth; Features include: Captures high-resolution images of universe, not affected by Earth's atmosphere, has contributed to numerous discoveries like the rate of expansion of the universe.
Mauna Kea Observatories
Hawaii, USA; Features include: Home to many powerful telescopes due to its high altitude and clear skies, including the Keck Observatory, which boasts twin 10-metre telescopes.
Palomar Observatory
California, USA; Features include: Houses the famous Hale Telescope, which was the world's largest effective telescope for many years, and is still in use today.
Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Cerro Paranal, Chile; Features include: Consists of four individual telescopes that can work together, located at one of the highest observatory sites on Earth.
Arecibo Observatory
Puerto Rico; Features include: It was home to the world's largest radio telescope until its collapse in 2020, played a key role in astronomical discoveries and the SETI program.
Green Bank Telescope
West Virginia, USA; Features include: The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
James Webb Space Telescope
Planned to be Placed at Earth-Sun L2 Point; Features include: An international project, designed to study the formation of stars and galaxies, and the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Lick Observatory
California, USA; Features include: The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory, important for the discovery of several moons of Jupiter.
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Orbit around Earth; Features include: NASA's flagship X-ray telescope, named after Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, and excels in viewing hot regions of the universe like exploded stars.
ALMA Observatory
Atacama Desert, Chile; Features include: One of the highest astronomical observatories, consists of 66 high-precision antennas, and contributes to studies on star birth during the early universe.
South Pole Telescope
Antarctica; Features include: Specializes in cosmic microwave background measurements, allowing the study of cosmology, and operates in extremely cold conditions.
Large Binocular Telescope (LBT)
Arizona, USA; Features include: One of the world's most advanced optical telescopes, comprising two 8.4-meter mirrors mounted side-by-side.
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