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Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, Calif.

$The historical 91-cm (36-inch) refractor at the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, Calif.$

$The Great Lick Refractor telescope, a large silver tube mounted inside the domed ceiling of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California.$

Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, Calif.

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