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MOA telescope

The 1.8m MOA telescope at Mt John University Observatory, NZ.

The 1.8m MOA telescope at Mt John University Observatory is the largest optical telescope in New Zealand and the largest in the world dedicated to searching for microlensing events.

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Rights: Assoc. Prof. Ian Bond. Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA)
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