Observatoire du plateau de Bure

Hautes-Alpes · France

Observatoire du plateau de Bure, France
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A radio astronomy site at 2,550 metres in the Alps operating an array of millimetre-wave antennas. Its high, dry plateau provides excellent conditions for observing cold cosmic gas and dust.

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