CfA 1.2 m Millimeter-Wave Telescope
- CfA 1.2 m Millimeter-Wave Telescope
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The 1.2 meter Millimeter-Wave Telescope at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and its twin instrument at CTIO in Chile have been studying the distribution and properties of molecular clouds in our Galaxy and its nearest neighbours for over 20 years.
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