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Planet hunting telescope

1.8m telescope, University of Canterbury Observatory, Mt John

The 1.8m telescope at the University of Canterbury Observatory at Mt John, near Lake Tekapo, is used by the Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) group to search for microlensing events.

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