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The Spectrum of the Night Sky over Mount Hopkins and Kitt Peak: Changes after a Decade

✍ Scribed by Massey, Philip; Foltz, Craig B.

Book ID: 123773559
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 308 KB
Volume: 112
Category: Article
ISSN: 0004-6280
DOI: 10.1086/316552

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