The two clouds were separated by about half a meter, and were constantly affected by a combination of lasers and magnets, which had the effect of maintaining the entanglement for about an hour.

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Thus, ESO decided that the combination of cost and risk was too unfavorable and hence pursued a telescope in the 30 to 60 meter range.

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