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Model of the Glycolaldehyde Molecule

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Technical Data

Telescope	other
Type of Observation	Continuum Observations
Center of Image	RA: 01:00:0.00, Dec: 01:00:0.00 (J2000)
Field of View	0.0167 x 0.0167 degrees
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Astronomical database entries for Glycolaldehyde
• Query NED for images of Glycolaldehyde
• Query SIMBAD for more Glycolaldehyde data

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