McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, Arizona, USA

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McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope under the Belt of Venus at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, USA. Built in 1962, for many years it was the largest solar telescope in the world. It was decommissioned in 2017.

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