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| Bima Array |
A millimetre-wave telescope at Hat Creek Observatory in California, operated by the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association. It consists of ten 6-metre 20-foot dishes operating in the 1-3 mm wavelength region of the spectrum.
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