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What is the name of the observatory that houses the largest telescope lens made by Alvan Graham Clark?

  • Yerkes Observatory

  • Lick Observatory

  • Mount Wilson Observatory

  • Palomar Observatory

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The Yerkes Observatory houses the largest telescope lens made by Alvan Graham Clark. The 40-inch refracting telescope at Yerkes was the largest of its kind in the world when it was built.
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