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a building that contains one or more telescopes
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observatory
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reflecting telescope
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refracting telescope
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optical telescope
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radio telescope
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -astronomical observatory, any structure containing telescopes and auxiliary instruments with which to observe celestial objects.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reference Article: Facts about the Yerkes Observatory and Yerkes Telescope. Yerkes Observatory, in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, houses the largest refracting telescope ever built for astronomical research, with a main lens that’s 40 inches (1.02 meters) in diameter.
Detailed explanation-3: -Almost all of the world’s finest ground-based observatories are located on mountains, for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, starlight appears less distorted in the thin atmosphere on mountaintops.
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