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Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Arecibo Observatory Very Large Telescope Royal Greenwich Observatory Palomar Observatory Mauna Kea Observatory Jodrell Bank Observatory Keck Observatory Mount Wilson Observatory Gran Telescopio Canarias

View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).

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