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Submillimetre Astronomy

Nature volume 246, pages 193–197 (1973)Cite this article

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Although astronomy at submillimetre wavelengths is still in its infancy, work in two different areas—observations of HII regions and molecular clouds, and observations of the temperature minimum in the solar atmosphere—is particularly advanced.

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