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By Monica Zheng
In the late 19th to early 20th century, the Harvard College Observatory set up a field station in Arequipa, Peru to document the skies of the Southern hemisphere.
In the late 19th to early 20th century, the Harvard College Observatory set up a field station in Arequipa, Peru to document the skies of the Southern hemisphere.

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