Mount Wilson Observatory. View over the dome of the metre telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, USA, looking towards Jupiter (bright point, upper

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Mount Wilson Observatory. View over the dome of the metre telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, USA, looking towards Jupiter (bright point, upper centre) over the mountains in the distance. This telescope was completed in 1908, when it was the world's largest telescope. It is located on Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles. Mount Wilson is one of the most productive and successful observatories in astronomical history.

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