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Five College Radio Astronomical Observatory

(FCRAO)
(former observatory near Springfield MA)

The Five College Radio Astronomical Observatory (FCRAO) was a radio-astronomy observatory near Springfield, MA in operation roughly from 1969 to the early 2000s, an effort of the common astronomy department of Massachusetts' Five College Consortium. Telescopes included a low-frequency array, and a 14-meter millimeter-wave telescope.


(observatory,radio)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_College_Radio_Astronomy_Observatory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_College_Consortium
https://www.fivecolleges.edu/academics/astronomy
https://people.astro.umass.edu/~arny/ast_page/fcrao1.html

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