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Lovell Telescope
black hole in M87
Arecibo Observatory
radio telescope system
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Onsala Space Observatory
Very Large Array
Mercury's north pole
radio source
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Lovell, Sir Bernard
Sir Bernard Lovell
English radio astronomer
Sir Martin Ryle.
Sir Martin Ryle
British astronomer
Grote Reber.
Grote Reber
American astronomer

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