MEarth-South Array (IMAGE)

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MEarth-South Array

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The MEarth-South telescope array, located on Cerro Tololo in Chile, searches for planets by monitoring the brightness of nearby, small stars. This long-exposure photograph shows MEarth-South telescopes observing at night; the blurred telescope is slewing from one star to another.

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Jonathan Irwin

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