Glossary term: 天文台
Description: 天文台是专门用于天文观测的场所或建筑。光学和红外观测通常使用安装在穹顶中的望远镜，这些穹顶能在恶劣天气时保护望远镜。射电望远镜和一些亚毫米望远镜则通常直接置于室外。现代地面光学、红外或亚毫米天文台通常建在山顶，以尽量减少大气层的影响。这些天文台配备了专业仪器，如望远镜、摄像机和光谱仪。而射电天文台和宇宙线观测站对高海拔位置的需求相对较小。电磁波的其他部分（伽马射线、X射线、紫外辐射和较长波长的红外辐射）可以通过专门的空间望远镜进行观测，这些空间望远镜有时也被称为天文台。不同地点的射电望远镜观测数据可以结合在一起，这些多地观测站通常统称为一个天文台。
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