Routine maintenance of antenna number 2, at IRAM (Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique), at the Plateau de Bure Observatory in the French Alps. D

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Routine maintenance of antenna number 2, at IRAM (Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique), at the Plateau de Bure Observatory in the French Alps. During observations, the multiple antennae which make up the IRAM Noema interferometer function as a single telescope to observe young stellar objects, evolved stars, galaxies, interstellar chemistry, and many other cosmic phenomena.

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