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Description: ALMA can change the way it watches the sky, depending on whether the object being studied calls for high sensitivity to faint light, high resolution for seeing fine details, or some combination of both. To make high sensitivity maps of large structures (such as gigantic stellar nurseries), the telescopes need to be close to one another. To spot the pinpoints of once-hidden objects (such as planets going around other suns), the telescopes should be spread far apart. To switch between these set-up
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