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This dimension groups observatories by the part of the electromagnetic spectrum they are built to observe, such as radio, infrared or X-ray. Wikipedia notes that the spectrum divides, "from low to high frequency," into "radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays." Browsing by observing band collects every observatory built to study the same kind of radiation.

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Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory

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Anglo-Australian Telescope

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Apache Point Observatory

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Argentine National Observatory

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Armagh Observatory

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Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences

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Berlin Observatory

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Big Bear Solar Observatory

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Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory

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Bosscha Observatory

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Boyden Observatory

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Byurakan Observatory

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Calar Alto Observatory

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Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory

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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

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Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

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Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

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David Dunlap Observatory

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Dominion Astrophysical Observatory

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Dunsink Observatory

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El Caracol, Chichen Itza

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Florence and George Wise Observatory

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Gemini Observatory

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Gran Telescopio Canarias

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Hamburg Observatory

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Haute-Provence Observatory

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Jantar Mantar, Jaipur

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Kitt Peak National Observatory

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Kodaikanal Solar Observatory

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Kottamia Astronomical Observatory

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La Silla Observatory

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Large Binocular Telescope

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Las Campanas Observatory

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Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

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Leiden Observatory

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Lick Observatory

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Lowell Observatory

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Mauna Kea Observatories

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McDonald Observatory

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Mount Stromlo Observatory

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National Observatory of Athens

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Nice Observatory

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Nizamia Observatory

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Observatório Nacional

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Ondrejov Observatory

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Østervold Observatory

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Palomar Observatory

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Paris Observatory

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Perth Observatory

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Purple Mountain Observatory

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Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

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Royal Greenwich Observatory

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Royal Observatory of Belgium

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Siding Spring Observatory

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South African Astronomical Observatory

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Southern African Large Telescope

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Special Astrophysical Observatory

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Sternberg Astronomical Institute

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Subaru Telescope

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Vainu Bappu Observatory

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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Very Large Telescope

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Vienna Observatory

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W. M. Keck Observatory

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Yerkes Observatory

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: History of the telescope
Wikimedia FoundationHistory of the telescope, lead section
Quote, History of the telescope, lead section
The history of the telescope can be traced to before the invention of the earliest known telescope, which appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands, when a patent was submitted by Hans Lippershey, an eyeglass maker.
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