Vera Rubin at Work (IMAGE)

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Vera Rubin at Work

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Vera Rubin operated the 2.1-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The Kent Ford's spectrograph is attached to the telescope.

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NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/KPNO/AURA

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