Effelsberg Radio Observatory (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Effelsberg Radio Observatory

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This image shows an aerial view of the radio observatory in Effelsberg with its 100-metre radio telescope. The researchers used this telescope to carry out spectroscopic observations of the methanol molecule in the direction of the far distant galaxy PKS1830-211.

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MPIfR/Photo: Peter Sondermann, VisCom

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