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Now choose the best telescope.

You’ve seen the types of telescopes that astronomers have used to look at star-forming regions in the sky. Now it’s your turn to choose what kind of telescope YOU would use to catch a glimpse of massive star formation:

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Hubble Space
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Hubble Space Telescope against a black background (in Space) Image Credit: NASA
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Very Long
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Image of the Earth showing the position of the VLBA telescopes across North America. Image Credit: NRAO/AUI & SeaWiFS Project NASA/GSFC & ORBIMAGE

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. (NSF AST 0507478). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.