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UK Schmidt Telescope.
AAO
The Six-Degree Field Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) is a project run by an international collaboration of astronomers. They used the Anglo-Australian Observatory’s UK Schmidt Telescope (1.2-meter diameter) over 6 years to map the nearby universe.