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Quantum Optics in Telescope Technology

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Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT)

Location: Near Pune, India Notable Discoveries: Investigations into cosmic magnetism; studies of neutral hydrogen gas in distant galaxies.

Lovell Telescope

Location: Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom Notable Discoveries: Detection of quasars; studies of pulsars and gravitational lenses.

Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST)

Location: Guizhou Province, China Notable Discoveries: Pulsar observations; potential SETI projects.

Arecibo Observatory

Location: Arecibo, Puerto Rico Notable Discoveries: First binary pulsar; Earth's atmosphere can affect the timing of pulsar signals

Very Large Array (VLA)

Location: New Mexico, USA Notable Discoveries: Discovered ice on Mercury; provided high-resolution images of astronomical objects.

Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)

Location: Atacama Desert, Chile Notable Discoveries: Detailed imaging of protoplanetary disks; studies of the early universe.

Parkes Observatory

Location: New South Wales, Australia Notable Discoveries: Identified the Magellanic Stream and contributed to the Apollo moon missions.

Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT)

Location: West Virginia, USA Notable Discoveries: Provided evidence for the existence of the prebiotic molecule propylene oxide in space.

Green Bank Telescope (GBT)

Location: West Virginia, USA Notable Discoveries: Detection of complex molecules in space, aiding the study of the universe's chemistry.

Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)

Location: Ten sites across the United States Notable Discoveries: High-precision images of cosmic radio sources; detailed studies of Earth's geology through plate tectonic motions.

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