List of radio telescopes
Encyclopedia
This is a list of radio telescope
s - over one hundred - that are or have been used for radio astronomy
. The list includes both single dishes
and interferometric
arrays. The list is sorted by region, then by name; unnamed telescopes are in reverse size order at the end of the lists.
Category:Radio telescopes
Radio telescope
A radio telescope is a form of directional radio antenna used in radio astronomy. The same types of antennas are also used in tracking and collecting data from satellites and space probes...
s - over one hundred - that are or have been used for radio astronomy
Radio astronomy
Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies. The initial detection of radio waves from an astronomical object was made in the 1930s, when Karl Jansky observed radiation coming from the Milky Way. Subsequent observations have identified a number of...
. The list includes both single dishes
Parabolic antenna
A parabolic antenna is an antenna that uses a parabolic reflector, a curved surface with the cross-sectional shape of a parabola, to direct the radio waves. The most common form is shaped like a dish and is popularly called a dish antenna or parabolic dish...
and interferometric
Astronomical interferometer
An astronomical interferometer is an array of telescopes or mirror segments acting together to probe structures with higher resolution by means of interferometry....
arrays. The list is sorted by region, then by name; unnamed telescopes are in reverse size order at the end of the lists.
Africa
| Name | Location | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| HartRAO 26m | Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory located in a natural bowl of hills at Hartebeesthoek just south of the Magaliesberg mountain range, Gauteng, South Africa, about 50 km west of Johannesburg... , Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa... , South Africa |
26 m dish. |
| HartRAO XDM | Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory located in a natural bowl of hills at Hartebeesthoek just south of the Magaliesberg mountain range, Gauteng, South Africa, about 50 km west of Johannesburg... , Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa... , South Africa |
15m Experimental Demonstrator Model originally build as a technology demonstrator for MeerKAT MeerKAT MeerKAT is a radio telescope under construction in the Northern Cape of South Africa. It will be the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the southern hemisphere until the Square Kilometer Array is completed around 2024.The telescope will be used for research into cosmic magnetism,... |
| Indlebe | Durban University of Technology Durban University of Technology The Durban University of Technology is a University of Technology in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was formed in 2002 by the merger of Technikon Natal and ML Sultan Technikon and was previously known as the Durban Institute of Technology. It has four campuses in Durban, and two in Pietermaritzburg... , Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism... |
5 meter parabolic reflector |
| MeerKAT MeerKAT MeerKAT is a radio telescope under construction in the Northern Cape of South Africa. It will be the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the southern hemisphere until the Square Kilometer Array is completed around 2024.The telescope will be used for research into cosmic magnetism,... |
Carnarvon, South Africa Carnarvon, South Africa Carnarvon is a small town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Originally established in 1860 as the village of Harmsfontein, it was located within the territory of Schietfontein, the only water source in the area and the site of the Rhenish mission station founded in 1847 by the... |
A pathfinder for the Square Kilometre Array Square Kilometre Array The Square Kilometre Array is a radio telescope in development which will have a total collecting area of approximately one square kilometre. It will operate over a wide range of frequencies and its size will make it 50 times more sensitive than any other radio instrument... . |
| Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization The Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization is a radio interferometer designed to detect 21 cm Hydrogen fluctuations occurring when the first galaxies ionized intergalactic gas at around 500 Million years after the Big Bang.... (PAPER) |
Carnarvon, South Africa Carnarvon, South Africa Carnarvon is a small town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Originally established in 1860 as the village of Harmsfontein, it was located within the territory of Schietfontein, the only water source in the area and the site of the Rhenish mission station founded in 1847 by the... |
Sixty-four, two-meter dishes, measuring 100-200 MHz. Currently, this interferometer has more dishes than any other. |
Antarctica
| Name | Location | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Degree Angular Scale Interferometer Degree Angular Scale Interferometer The Degree Angular Scale Interferometer was a telescope located in Antarctica. It was a 13-element interferometer operating between 26 and 36 GHz in ten bands. The instrument is similar in design to the Cosmic Background Imager and the Very Small Array... (DASI) |
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is the American scientific research station on the high plateau of Antarctica. This station is located at the southernmost place on the Earth, the Geographic South Pole, at an elevation of 2,835 meters above sea level.The original Amundsen-Scott Station was... |
13-element interferometer measuring anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background. |
| South Pole Telescope South Pole Telescope The South Pole Telescope is a 10 metre diameter telescope located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. It is a microwave/millimetre-wave telescope that observes in a frequency range between 70 and 300 GHz... (SPT) |
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is the American scientific research station on the high plateau of Antarctica. This station is located at the southernmost place on the Earth, the Geographic South Pole, at an elevation of 2,835 meters above sea level.The original Amundsen-Scott Station was... |
10-m microwave telescope making observations of clusters using the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect. |
Asia
| Name | Location | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Delingha 13.7 m | Delingha Delingha Delhi is the capital of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai, China. It is located approximately 200 km southeast of the Da Qaidam Administrative Region. It is a mainly industrial county-level city. The Ba'yin River divides the city into two counties: Hedong and Hexi... , Qinghai Qinghai Qinghai ; Oirat Mongolian: ; ; Salar:) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake... , China |
Dish diameter: 13.7 m. Frequency range: 85–115 GHz. Site altitude: 3200 m. Operated by Purple Mountain Observatory Purple Mountain Observatory Purple Mountain Observatory , also known as Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory, is an astronomical observatory located on the Purple Mountain in Nanjing, China.The long time director of the observatory was Zhang Yuzhe Purple Mountain Observatory , also known as Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory,... . |
| Sheshan | Shanghai, China | 25m. Operated by SHAO (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) |
| Nanshan 25m | Urumqi, China | L/C/S/X band receivers. 70km south to Urumqi. Operated by XAO (Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory). |
| Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope , located near Pune in India, is the world's largest, array of radio telescopes at metre wavelengths. It is operated by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, a part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.-Location:The GMRT is located around... (GMRT) |
Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ... , India |
Thirty 45 m wire dishes; largest telescope at meter wavelength Wavelength In physics, the wavelength of a sinusoidal wave is the spatial period of the wave—the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.It is usually determined by considering the distance between consecutive corresponding points of the same phase, such as crests, troughs, or zero crossings, and is a... s. Operated by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics National Centre for Radio Astrophysics India's National Centre for Radio Astrophysics , located on the Pune University Campus, is part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. NCRA carries out research in the specialized field of Radio Astronomy and Radio instrumentation... . |
| Ooty Radio Telescope Ooty Radio Telescope The Ooty Radio Telescope is located in Muthorai near Ootacamund , south India. It is part of the National centre of Radio Astrophysics of the well known Tata Institute of Fundamental Research which is funded by the Government of India through the Department of atomic energy. The Ooty Radio... (ORT) |
Ooty, India | approximately 530 m long and 30 m wide operates at 326.5 MHz |
| Gauribidanur Radio Observatory Gauribidanur Radio Observatory The Gauribidanur Radio Observatory is a radio telescope observatory located at Gauribidanur, near Bengaluru. It is operated jointly by Raman Research Institute and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics... , |
Gauribidanur Gauribidanur Gauribidanur is a historical town in Kolar district; now a part of Chikballapur district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is about 75 km from Bangalore, and 25 km from the Educational Hub of Muddenahalli-Kanivenarayanapura. kannada is spoken widely as primary luanguage... , India |
Operated by (Indian Institute of Astrophysics),A Radioheliograph operates at the range 40-150 MHz. |
| Nobeyama radio observatory Nobeyama radio observatory The Nobeyama Radio Observatory is a division of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and consists of three radio instruments located in Nobeyama, a village in the Japan Alps at an elevation of 1350m.... |
Nagano Prefecture Nagano Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.- History :Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano... , Japan |
A 45m single-dish short-millimetre telescope, and six 10m telescopes of the Nobeyama Millimetre Array (NMA), both operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan National Astronomical Observatory of Japan The is an astronomical research organisation comprising several facilities in Japan, as well as an observatory in Hawaii. It was established in 1988 as an amalgamation of three existing research organizations - the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory of the University of Tokyo, International Latitude... (NAOJ) |
| Galenki RT-70 radio telescope Galenki RT-70 radio telescope The Galenki RT-70 radio telescope is an RT-70 telescope at the East Center for Deep Space Communications, Galenki , Russia.With its 70m antenna diameter, it is among the largest single dish radio telescopes in the world.- See also :... |
Galenki (Ussuriysk Ussuriysk Ussuriysk is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, north of Vladivostok and about from both the Chinese border and the Pacific Ocean. Population: -Medieval history:... ), Russia |
RT-70 RT-70 There are three radio telescopes designated RT-70, all in countries that were once part of the former Soviet Union, all with similar specifications: 70m dishes and an operating range of 5–300 GHz... , 70 m telescope, operating range 5–300 GHz |
| Suffa RT-70 radio telescope Suffa RT-70 radio telescope The Suffa RT-70 radio telescope is an RT-70 radio telescope at the Suffa Radio Observatory on the Suffa plateau, Uzbekistan.With its 70m antenna diameter, it is among the largest single dish radio telescopes in the world.- See also :... |
Suffa plateau, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
RT-70 RT-70 There are three radio telescopes designated RT-70, all in countries that were once part of the former Soviet Union, all with similar specifications: 70m dishes and an operating range of 5–300 GHz... , operating range 5–300 GHz |
| “Herouni Mirror Radio telescope” - Radio-Optical Telescope (ROT-54/2.6) | Orgov village, Republic of Armenia Armenia Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia... |
diameter - 54 m (useful - 32) Radio Physical Research Institute |
Australia
| Name | Location | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, or ASKAP, is CSIRO’s new radio telescope currently under construction at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Mid West region of Western Australia... (ASKAP) |
Mid West region of Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... |
ASKAP, the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, is currently being built by CSIRO. It will be made up of 36 identical antennas, each 12 metres in diameter, with a 30 sq degrees FoV at 1.4 GHz. All 36 antennas and their technical systems are expected to be completed by 2013. |
| Australia Telescope Compact Array Australia Telescope Compact Array The Australia Telescope Compact Array is a radio telescope at the Paul Wild Observatory, twenty five kilometres west of the town of Narrabri in Australia.... (ATCA) |
Narrabri, New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... |
6x22m dish aperture synthesis Aperture synthesis Aperture synthesis or synthesis imaging is a type of interferometry that mixes signals from a collection of telescopes to produce images having the same angular resolution as an instrument the size of the entire collection... array, operated by CSIRO as part of the ATNF (Australia Telescope National Facility Australia Telescope National Facility The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 's radio astronomy observatories are collectively known as the Australia Telescope National Facility , with the facility supporting Australia's research in radio astronomy.... ). |
| Ceduna Radio Observatory | Ceduna, South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland... |
30 m telescope, operated by the University of Tasmania University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia... |
| Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope The Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope is a radio telescope operating at 843 MHz. It is operated by the School of Physics of the University of Sydney... (MOST) |
Molonglo Molonglo Molonglo can refer to:*Molonglo River*Molonglo Plains*Molonglo electorate*Molonglo Valley - District of Canberra*Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope... (near Canberra Canberra Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne... , ACT Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory... ) |
Operated by the School of Physics at the University of Sydney University of Sydney The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania... . East-west arm of the former Molonglo Cross Telescope, approximately 800 m in length. Operates at 843 MHz. |
| Mopra Radio Telescope | Mopra Observatory Mopra Observatory The 22-metre Mopra Radio Telescope, located near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, is part of the Australia Telescope National Facility, operated by CSIRO. The name hails from the location of the facility close to Mopra Rock a geological formation overlooking the telescope... , near Coonabarabran, New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... |
22 m dish, operated by CSIRO as part of the ATNF (Australia Telescope National Facility Australia Telescope National Facility The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 's radio astronomy observatories are collectively known as the Australia Telescope National Facility , with the facility supporting Australia's research in radio astronomy.... ). |
| Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory | Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as... , Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... |
26 m telescope, operated by the University of Tasmania University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia... |
| Parkes Radio Telescope | Parkes Observatory Parkes Observatory The Parkes Observatory is a radio telescope observatory, 20 kilometres north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of several radio antennas used to receive live, televised images of the Apollo 11 moon landing on 20 July 1969.... , Parkes Parkes, New South Wales - Transport :Parkes has a local bus service provided by Western Road Liners, which acquired Harris Bus Lines in March 2006. The Indian Pacific also stops twice a week, as well as the Broken Hill Outback Xplorer service, run by CountryLink, which heads to Broken Hill on Mondays and Sydney on... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... |
64 m telescope (2nd largest movable dish in the Southern Hemisphere), operated by CSIRO as part of the ATNF (Australia Telescope National Facility Australia Telescope National Facility The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 's radio astronomy observatories are collectively known as the Australia Telescope National Facility , with the facility supporting Australia's research in radio astronomy.... ). |
Europe
| Name | Location | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Effelsberg Effelsberg The Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in the Ahrgebirge in Bad Münstereifel, district of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Geography :... |
Bad Münstereifel-Effelsberg near Bonn Bonn Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999.... , Germany |
100 m dish operated by Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, operates at 395 MHz to 95 GHz |
| RATAN-600 | Zelenchukskaya Zelenchukskaya The Special Astrophysical Observatory , or SAO RAS for short, is an astronomical observatory, set up in 1966 in the USSR, now operated by the Russian Academy of Sciences. Based in the Bolshoi Zelenchuk Valley of the Greater Caucasus near the village of Nizhny Arkhyz, the observatory houses the... , Russia |
600 m dish, operates at 610 MHz to 30 GHz, world's largest diameter individual radio telescope |
| Ukrainian T-shaped Radio telescope, second modification Ukrainian T-shaped Radio telescope, second modification The Ukrainian T-shaped Radio telescope, second modification is the world's largest radio telescope at decametre wavelengths. It was built in the early 1970s near the village of Grakovo , 65 km south-east from Kharkov, Soviet Union... (UTR-2) |
Grakovo, Kharkiv Kharkiv Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
World's largest radio telescope at decametre Decametre A decametre or dekametre is a very rarely used unit of length in the metric system, equal to ten metres, the SI base unit of length. It can be written in scientific notation as , meaning .This measure is included mostly for completeness... wavelengths (max. collective area 150 000 m²). |
| Lovell Telescope Lovell Telescope The Lovell Telescope is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire in the north-west of England. When it was constructed in 1955, the telescope was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world at 76.2 m in diameter;it is now the third largest, after the... |
Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire Cheshire Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow... , England |
76 m dish |
| Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope The Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope is an RT-70 radio telescope and planetary radar at the Center for Deep Space Communications, Yevpatoria, Crimea, Ukraine. In the scientific literature is often called Evpatoria planetary radar .With its 70m antenna diameter, it is among the largest single dish... |
Center for deep space communications, Yevpatoria, Crimea Crimea Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
RT-70 RT-70 There are three radio telescopes designated RT-70, all in countries that were once part of the former Soviet Union, all with similar specifications: 70m dishes and an operating range of 5–300 GHz... , 70 m telescope, operating range 5–300 GHz |
| TNA 1500 | Kalyasin, Russia http://www.okbmei.ru/en/page.html?id=54 | 64 m fully steerable dish, up to 5.86 GHz |
| TNA 1500 | Medvezhji Ozera(Bear Lakes), Russia http://www.okbmei.ru/en/page.html?id=54 | 64 m fully steerable dish, up to 5.86 GHz |
| Yebes RT 40 m | Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Yebes Yebes Yebes is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 235 inhabitants.... , Guadalajara Guadalajara Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco... , Spain http://www.oan.es/ |
40 m parabolic steerable telescope for mm and cm wavelengths |
| Toruń RT4 32 m | Toruń Centre for Astronomy Torun Centre for Astronomy The Toruń Centre for Astronomy is an optical and radio observatory located at near about 15 km north of Toruń, Poland. It houses two single-dish antenna telescopes, 32 metres and 15 metres in diameter, as well as the largest Polish optical telescope - 90-cm Schmidt-Cassegrain camera. The facility... , Toruń Torun Toruń is an ancient city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Its population is more than 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.... , Poland |
RT4 (32 m) parabolic antenna Parabolic antenna A parabolic antenna is an antenna that uses a parabolic reflector, a curved surface with the cross-sectional shape of a parabola, to direct the radio waves. The most common form is shaped like a dish and is popularly called a dish antenna or parabolic dish... |
| RT-32 | Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center Ventspils Starptautiskais Radioastronomijas Centrs left|thumb|200pxVIRAC, Ventspils Starptautiskais Radioastronomijas Centrs or the Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre is an ex-Soviet installation 30 km north of Ventspils, Latvia, on the coast of the Baltic Sea... , Irbene, Latvia Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden... |
32-meter fully steerable parabolic, centimetre-wave range antenna RT-32 http://www.virac.lv/ |
| 32 m VLBI dish | Medicina Radio Observatory Medicina Radio Observatory The Medicina Radio Observatory is an astronomical observatory located 30 km from Bologna, Italy. It is operated by the Radio Astronomy Institute of the National Institute for Astrophysics of the government of Italy.... , Medicina Medicina Medicina is an Italian comune with c. 16,000 inhabitants in the province of Bologna, part of the region of Emilia-Romagna.-Name:The origins of its name are quite uncertain and many hypotheses have been made on it... , Bologna Bologna Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,... , Italy http://www.ira.inaf.it |
32 m, fully steerable dish, 1400 MHz...43 GHz |
| 32 m VLBI dish | Noto Radio Observatory Noto Radio Observatory The Noto VLBI Station is a radio observatory located on Sicily, southern Italy, outside of the city of Noto. The facility is operated by the Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna.... , Noto Noto Noto is a city and comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily . Its located 32 km southwest of the city of Syracuse at the foot of the Iblean Mountains and gives its name to the surrounding valley, Val di Noto... , Italy, http://www.ira.inaf.it |
32 m, fully steerable dish, 300 MHz-86 GHz. Operates both as part of astronomical and geodetic VLBI network and as a single dish. |
| MERLIN MERLIN The Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network is an interferometer array of radio telescopes spread across England. The array is run from Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire by the University of Manchester on behalf of STFC as a National Facility.The array consists of up to seven radio... (Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network) |
United Kingdom | Consists of the Cambridge 32 m at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is home to a number of large aperture synthesis radio telescopes, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager... , Darnhall Darnhall right|thumb|200px|Map of civil parish of Darnhall within the former Borough of Vale RoyalDarnhall is a civil parish and small village to the south west of Winsford in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England... , Defford Defford Defford is a small village in the county of Worcestershire, England, located between the towns of Pershore and Upton-upon-Severn.Defford also has a primary school, Defford cum Besford First School,and three pubs.... , Tabley Tabley Tabley is a name that is a component of several place names around where the M6 motorway and A556 cross in Cheshire, England. Its name comes from Anglo-Saxon Tabban-lēah = "Tabba's clearing or meadow".See:... (also known as Pickmere Pickmere Pickmere is a village and civil parish near Northwich in the Borough of Cheshire East. It has a population of 541. Landmarks in and around the village include a lake, Pick Mere, at .... ) and Knockin Knockin -History:Knockin is a village and civil parish located on the B4396 in Shropshire, England. It comprises mainly historic detached buildings in a rural setting. Much of Knockin was owned by the Earl of Bradford until it was sold off in lots to meet other financial demands. The Earl still owns the... . Also includes the Lovell Lovell Telescope The Lovell Telescope is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire in the north-west of England. When it was constructed in 1955, the telescope was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world at 76.2 m in diameter;it is now the third largest, after the... and Mark II Mark II (radio telescope) The Mark II is a radio telescope located at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire, in the north-west of England. It was built on the site of the 218 ft Transit Telescope. Construction was completed in 1964... telescopes at Jodrell Bank Jodrell Bank The Jodrell Bank Observatory is a British observatory that hosts a number of radio telescopes, and is part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester... . |
| TNA-400 | Center for deep space communications, Simferopol Simferopol -Russian Empire and Civil War:The city was renamed Simferopol in 1784 after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire by Catherine II of Russia. The name Simferopol is derived from the Greek, Συμφερόπολις , translated as "the city of usefulness." In 1802, Simferopol became the... , Crimea Crimea Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
TNA-400, 32 m telescope |
| IRAM - 30m IRAM 30-m The IRAM 30-m Millimeter Radio Telescope is a radio telescope for astronomical observations in the millimeter range of wavelengths, operated by the Institute for Radio Astronomy in the Millimeter Range ) and located on the Sierra Nevada, in Spain, close to the Pico Veleta peak. It is the largest... |
Pico Veleta Veleta (Sierra Nevada) Veleta or Pico del Veleta is the third highest peak of the Iberian peninsula and the second highest in the Sierra Nevada. Its height is given variously as , and .... , in Granada Granada Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea... , Spain |
30m dish operated by the Institute for Millimetric Radio Astronomy (Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique The Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique operates two observatories for radio astronomy at millimeter wavelengths, which are open to the international astronomical community: the 30-m single-dish radio telescope located on Pico Veleta in the Spanish Sierra Nevada , and the six-antenna... , IRAM); works in the millimeter range (1mm to 3mm) both with superheterodyne Superheterodyne receiver In electronics, a superheterodyne receiver uses frequency mixing or heterodyning to convert a received signal to a fixed intermediate frequency, which can be more conveniently processed than the original radio carrier frequency... and bolometric Bolometer A bolometer is a device for measuring the power of incident electromagnetic radiation via the heating of a material with a temperature-dependent electrical resistance. It was invented in 1878 by the American astronomer Samuel Pierpont Langley... detectors. |
| Mark II Mark II (radio telescope) The Mark II is a radio telescope located at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire, in the north-west of England. It was built on the site of the 218 ft Transit Telescope. Construction was completed in 1964... |
Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire Cheshire Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow... , England |
25 m dish |
| Stockert Stockert Radio Telescope The Stockert Radio Telescope is a historical radio telescope on a 435 m high hill in Bad Münstereifel, west of Bonn, Germany.- Geography :... |
Bad Münstereifel-Eschweiler near Bonn Bonn Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999.... , Germany |
25 m dish operated by University of Bonn University of Bonn The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number... and Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, closed in 1993, now owned by NRW-Stiftung http://www.nrw-stiftung.de, reopened 2010 after restoration and operated by Förderverein Astropeiler Stockert http://www.astropeiler.de |
| Toruń RT3 15 m | Toruń Centre for Astronomy Torun Centre for Astronomy The Toruń Centre for Astronomy is an optical and radio observatory located at near about 15 km north of Toruń, Poland. It houses two single-dish antenna telescopes, 32 metres and 15 metres in diameter, as well as the largest Polish optical telescope - 90-cm Schmidt-Cassegrain camera. The facility... , Toruń Torun Toruń is an ancient city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Its population is more than 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.... , Poland |
RT3 (15 m) antenna. |
| Very Small Array Very Small Array The Very Small Array is a 14-element interferometric radio telescope operating between 26 and 36 GHz that is used to study the cosmic microwave background radiation. It is a collaboration between the University of Cambridge, University of Manchester and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias... (VSA) |
Observatorio del Teide, Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union... , Spain |
Array of 14 dish Satellite dish A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive microwaves from communications satellites, which transmit data transmissions or broadcasts, such as satellite television.-Principle of operation:... es, with two larger source-subtraction dish Satellite dish A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive microwaves from communications satellites, which transmit data transmissions or broadcasts, such as satellite television.-Principle of operation:... es. Controlled remotely from UK. |
| Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope is an aperture synthesis interferometer near camp Westerbork, north of the village of Westerbork, Midden-Drenthe, in the northeastern Netherlands. It consists of a linear array of 14 antennas with a diameter of 25 metres arranged on a 2.7 km East-West line... (WSRT) |
Westerbork, Netherlands | Array of 14 25-meter dishes http://www.astron.nl/ |
| 25 m telescope | Onsala Space Observatory Onsala Space Observatory Onsala Space Observatory , the Swedish National Facility for Radio Astronomy, provides scientists with equipment to study the Earth and the rest of the Universe. The observatory operates two radio telescopes in Onsala, 45 km south of Göteborg, and takes part in several international projects... , Onsala Onsala Onsala is a locality situated in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 11,375 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the biggest peninsula in Sweden, south of Gothenburg.... , Sweden |
25 m telescope |
| Dwingeloo (CAMRAS) Dwingeloo Radio Observatory The Dwingeloo Radio Observatory , is a single dish radio telescope with a diameter of 25 m. Construction started in 1954, the telescope was completed in 1956. At that time it was the largest radio telescope in the world... |
Dwingeloo Dwingeloo Dwingeloo is a town halfway between Meppel and Assen in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld.The town is known internationally because of the radio telescope of the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory , located on the edge of the Dwingeloo Heath, 3 km south of... , Netherlands |
25 m steerable dish, formerly operated by ASTRON ASTRON ASTRON is the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy. ASTRON is an abbreviation of the Dutch Stichting ASTRonomisch Onderzoek in Nederland. This translates to NFRA in English, which is sometimes used to refer to ASTRON in English texts. Its main offices are in Dwingeloo at the site of the... , now in restoration by CAMRAS http://www.camras.nl |
| 22 m telescope | Simeiz Observatory Simeiz Observatory Simeiz Observatory was an astronomy research observatory until the mid 1950s. It is located on Mount Koshka, Crimea, Ukraine by the town of Simeiz.... , Simeiz Simeiz -Gallery:Image:House in Simeiz.JPGImage:Simeiz_boardwalk.jpgImage:Cypress Alley in Simeiz.JPGImage:Simeiz Hedgehogs.JPGImage:Simeiz VLBI Station .jpgImage:View on Pioner in Simeiz from seaside.JPGImage:Villa Mechta.JPGImage:Simeiz 1.jpg... , Crimea Crimea Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
22-m radio telescope for mm and cm radio waves. Located at the foot of mount Koshka (Cat) in Katsiveli (near Simeiz). Belongs to the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, the Department of Radioastronomy. |
| 20 m telescope | Onsala Space Observatory Onsala Space Observatory Onsala Space Observatory , the Swedish National Facility for Radio Astronomy, provides scientists with equipment to study the Earth and the rest of the Universe. The observatory operates two radio telescopes in Onsala, 45 km south of Göteborg, and takes part in several international projects... , Onsala Onsala Onsala is a locality situated in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 11,375 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the biggest peninsula in Sweden, south of Gothenburg.... , Sweden |
20 m telescope |
| Pluton (complex) Pluton (complex) Pluton is a system of deep space communications and a planetary radar. It was built near Yevpatoria in 1960, and consists of at at least three antennas. Three of them are of the ADU-1000 design, an assembly of eight mirrors, each with diameter of 16 meters... |
Center for deep space communications, Evpatoria, Crimea Crimea Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
8 mirrors with diameter of 16 meters. Square is 1000 sq. meters. |
| RT-16 | Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center, Irbene, Latvia Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden... |
16-meter diameter antenna RT-16 http://www.virac.lv/ |
| Metsähovi Radio Observatory Metsähovi Radio Observatory The Metsähovi Radio Observatory is an astronomical observatory affiliated with the Aalto University. Its main premises are in Metsähovi, Kylmälä, 35 km west of the campus of the Helsinki University of Technology.... |
Kylmälä, Kirkkonummi Kirkkonummi Kirkkonummi is a municipality of inhabitants in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words "Kirkkonummi" and "Kyrkslätt" in English is "church moor".... , Finland |
13.7 m dish, operates at 2 to 150 GHz, surface accuracy 0.1 mm (rms). |
| Ryle Telescope Ryle Telescope The Ryle Telescope was a linear east-west radio telescope array at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. In 2004 three of the telescopes were moved to create a compact two-dimensional array of telescopes at the east end of the interferometer. The remaining five antennas were switched off on 19... |
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is home to a number of large aperture synthesis radio telescopes, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager... , Cambridge Cambridge The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the... , England |
Eight 13 m dishes, and is currently used as one part of the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Arcminute Microkelvin Imager The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager consists of a pair of interferometric radio telescopes - the Small and Large Arrays - located at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory near Cambridge. AMI was designed, built and is operated by the Cavendish Astrophysics Group... . |
| RT-7.5 (Bauman's radio telescope) | Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye , is a federal subject of Russia . Its area, at , is relatively small compared to other federal subjects, but it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and, with the 2010 population of 7,092,941, is the second most populous federal subject... , Russia |
Two 7.75-meter diameter antennas (only one is working at the moment) Remote access computer-aided laboratory |
| Distributed across Europe with members in China, South Africa and the USA | VLBI array operated by the European Consortium for VLBI | |
| Plateau de Bure Interferometer Plateau de Bure Interferometer The Plateau de Bure Interferometer is a six-antenna interferometer on the Plateau de Bure in the French Alps, operated by the Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique.... |
Plateau de Bure, Grenoble Grenoble Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère... , France |
Originally an array of 3 antennas, since 2005 has 6 antennas, operating at millimeter wavelengths. |
| Nançay Radio Telescope Nançay Radio Telescope The Nançay Decimetric Radio Telescope is located in the small commune of Nançay, two hours' drive south of Paris, France. The radio telescope saw first light in 1965, after an inauguration by the then French president, Charles de Gaulle. It is one of the largest radio telescopes in the world... (NRT) |
Nançay, France | |
| Northern Cross | Medicina Radio Observatory Medicina Radio Observatory The Medicina Radio Observatory is an astronomical observatory located 30 km from Bologna, Italy. It is operated by the Radio Astronomy Institute of the National Institute for Astrophysics of the government of Italy.... , Medicina Medicina Medicina is an Italian comune with c. 16,000 inhabitants in the province of Bologna, part of the region of Emilia-Romagna.-Name:The origins of its name are quite uncertain and many hypotheses have been made on it... , Bologna Bologna Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,... , Italy http://www.ira.inaf.it |
32000 m² interferometer, cylindrical-paraboloid steerable over NS., 408 MHz, Beam=3' |
| ALLBIN (Amateur Linked Long Baseline Interferometer Network) | Germany | A Small Network of Radio Telescopes and Radio Spectrographs doing Amateur Radio Astronomy at a Very High standard coordinated by the European Radio Astronomy Club www.eracnet.org Research and Development Telescope in Mannheim Germany. |
| LOFAR LOFAR LOFAR is the Low Frequency Array for radio astronomy, built by the Netherlands astronomical foundation ASTRON and operated by ASTRON's radio observatory.... (LOw Frequency ARray) |
Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, France, Sweden; in future possibly Poland and other countries | Low frequency array of dipole antennas at 1.25 to 30m wavelengths (10-240MHz), with a strongly distributed signal processing system. The telescope beam is constructed in software from combinations of antenna signals. |
| Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Arcminute Microkelvin Imager The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager consists of a pair of interferometric radio telescopes - the Small and Large Arrays - located at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory near Cambridge. AMI was designed, built and is operated by the Cavendish Astrophysics Group... |
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is home to a number of large aperture synthesis radio telescopes, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager... , Cambridge Cambridge The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the... , England |
Small Array consists of 10 3.7-m parabolic antennas |
| The European Radio Astronomy Club Telescope and Development Facility (ERAC Telescope) | Mannheim Mannheim Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart.... , Germany |
From 14KHzVLF up to 40 GHz http://www.eracnet.org/http://sites.google.com/site/radiotelescopemannheim// |
| ERAC Phased Array | The European Radio Astronomy Club The European Radio Astronomy Club The European Radio Astronomy club is Europe's only group coordinating the work of radio astronomers to jointly use radio waves to study the universe at radio wavelengths... , Elsass, France |
Phased array and Digital back end based on the SKA design |
| ERAC Phased Array | The European Radio Astronomy Club The European Radio Astronomy Club The European Radio Astronomy club is Europe's only group coordinating the work of radio astronomers to jointly use radio waves to study the universe at radio wavelengths... , East Lothian East Lothian East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh.... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
Phased array and Digital back end based on the SKA design |
Oceania
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| Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Caltech Submillimeter Observatory The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory is a diameter submillimeter wavelength telescope situated alongside the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory. It is engaged in submillimeter astronomy, of the terahertz radiation band.The CSO and JCMT were combined to form the first... |
Mauna Kea Observatory Mauna Kea Observatory The Observatories at Mauna Kea, , are an independent collection of astronomical research facilities located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai'i, USA. The facilities are located in a special land use zone known as the "Astronomy Precinct," which is located in the Mauna Kea... , Hawaii, USA |
10.4 m (34 ft) diameter submillimeter wavelength telescope |
| James Clerk Maxwell Telescope James Clerk Maxwell Telescope The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is a submillimetre-wavelength telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. Its primary mirror is 15 metres across: it is the largest astronomical telescope that operates in submillimetre wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum... |
Mauna Kea Observatory Mauna Kea Observatory The Observatories at Mauna Kea, , are an independent collection of astronomical research facilities located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai'i, USA. The facilities are located in a special land use zone known as the "Astronomy Precinct," which is located in the Mauna Kea... , Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... , USA |
15-meter submillimetre-wavelength telescope operated by the Joint Astronomy Centre Joint Astronomy Centre The Joint Astronomy Centre operates British, Canadian and Dutch telescopes at Mauna Kea Observatory, and provides support for other telescopes and public outreach activities... |
| Submillimeter Array Submillimeter Array The Submillimeter Array consists of eight diameter radio telescopes arranged as an interferometer for submillimeter wavelength observations. It is the first purpose-built submillimeter interferometer, constructed after successful interferometry experiments using the pre-existing James Clerk... (SMA) |
Mauna Kea Observatory Mauna Kea Observatory The Observatories at Mauna Kea, , are an independent collection of astronomical research facilities located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai'i, USA. The facilities are located in a special land use zone known as the "Astronomy Precinct," which is located in the Mauna Kea... , Hawaii, USA |
Operated jointly by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is a research institute of the Smithsonian Institution headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where it is joined with the Harvard College Observatory to form the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics .-History:The SAO was founded in 1890 by... and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics of Taiwan. |
| Warkworth Radio Telescope Warkworth Radio Telescope The Warkworth 12m Radio Telescopeis located just south of Warkworth off SH1 about 50 km north of Auckland.-Radio Telescope:The Warkworth 12m Radio Telescope is operated by the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Space Research, AUT University... |
Warkworth Radio Observatory Warkworth Radio Observatory The Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory is located just south of Warkworth off SH1 about 50 km north of Auckland and is operated by the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Space Research, AUT University.-Radio Telescopes:WARK12M 12m Radio Telescope... , Warkworth, New Zealand Warkworth, New Zealand Warkworth is a town in the upper North Island of New Zealand, within the Rodney District and lying at the far north of the Auckland Region but just south of the Northland Region... |
12 metre fully steerable dish operated by IRASR, AUT University Auckland University of Technology The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district... |
| Warkworth 2 dish Warkworth 2 dish The Warkworth 30m Radio Telescope is located just south of Warkworth off SH1 about 50 km north of Auckland.-Radio Telescope:The Warkworth 30m Radio Telescope is operated by the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, AUT University... |
Warkworth Radio Observatory Warkworth Radio Observatory The Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory is located just south of Warkworth off SH1 about 50 km north of Auckland and is operated by the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Space Research, AUT University.-Radio Telescopes:WARK12M 12m Radio Telescope... , Warkworth, New Zealand Warkworth, New Zealand Warkworth is a town in the upper North Island of New Zealand, within the Rodney District and lying at the far north of the Auckland Region but just south of the Northland Region... |
30 metre fully steerable dish operated by IRASR, AUT University |
North America
| Name | Location | Remarks |
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| Algonquin Radio Telescope | Algonquin Radio Observatory Algonquin Radio Observatory The Algonquin Radio Observatory is a radio telescope research facility located in the Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. The site's primary instrument is a major 46 m parabolic-dish radio antenna. This instrument is historically famous for taking part in the first successful very... , Algonquin Park, Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... , Canada |
46 metre fully steerable dish operated by Thoth Technology, Canada's largest radio telescope. |
| Allen Telescope Array Allen Telescope Array The Allen Telescope Array , formerly known as the One Hectare Telescope , was a joint effort by the SETI Institute and the Radio Astronomy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley to construct a radio interferometer that is dedicated to astronomical observations and a simultaneous... |
Hat Creek Radio Observatory Hat Creek Radio Observatory The Hat Creek Radio Observatory is operated by the Radio Astronomy Laboratory in the Western United States.- Location :... , Hat Creek Hat Creek Hat Creek is a stream in Shasta County in northern California. The creek rises in two forks on the eastern slopes of Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park, and flows northward through Lassen National Forest to its mouth at Lake Britton near Burney, California.Hat Creek is so named because a... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , USA |
42 6-m gregorian offset dishes using log periodic cooled feed covering .5 GHz - 11.5 GHz. Operated by joint agreement between Radio Astronomy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA... , and the SETI Institute SETI Institute The SETI Institute is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to “explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe”. SETI stands for the "search for extraterrestrial intelligence". One program is the use of both radio and optical telescopes to search... |
| Arecibo Observatory Arecibo Observatory The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope near the city of Arecibo in Puerto Rico. It is operated by SRI International under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation... |
Arecibo Arecibo, Puerto Rico Arecibo is a municipality in the northern midwest coast of Puerto Rico and located by the Atlantic Ocean, north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta, and Florida. Arecibo is spread over 18 wards and Arecibo Pueblo... , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
305 m (1,000.7 ft), The world's largest single-dish radio telescope. |
| ARO 12m Radio Telescope ARO 12m Radio Telescope The ARO 12m Radio Telescope is a 12-meter dish located on Kitt Peak, approximately 60 mi from Tucson, Arizona at an elevation of 6215.8 ft .-History:... |
Kitt Peak National Observatory Kitt Peak National Observatory The Kitt Peak National Observatory is a United States astronomical observatory located on 2,096 m Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O'odham Nation, southwest of Tucson... , Tucson Tucson, Arizona Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200... , Arizona Arizona Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix... , USA |
Previously operated by the NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center of the United States National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc for the purpose of radio astronomy... , this telescope is currently operated by the University of Arizona's University of Arizona The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885... Arizona Radio Observatory Arizona Radio Observatory The Arizona Radio Observatory , a part of Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona, operates the 12 Meter Telescope on Kitt Peak and the Submillimeter Telescope on Mount Graham.... , part of Steward Observatory Steward Observatory The University of Arizona's Steward Observatorys main office is located on the University's campus and is closely tied to the Department of Astronomy. Established in 1916 by its first director, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, and a $60,000 bequest made by Lavinia Steward in memory of her late husband... . |
| Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy The Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy is an astronomical instrument comprising 23 radio telescopes. These telescopes form an astronomical interferometer where all the signals are combined in a purpose-built computer to produce high-resolution astronomical images.- Location... (CARMA) |
Owens Valley Radio Observatory Owens Valley Radio Observatory The Owens Valley Radio Observatory is a radio observatory located near Bishop, California, within the Owens Valley, California region, approximately 250 miles north of Los Angeles on the east side of the Sierra Nevada. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. For... , Big Pine, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , USA |
Heterogeneous interferometer array composed of 6 10-m elements, 9 6-m elements, covering frequencies ranging from 75–115 GHz, ~230, and ~345 GHz. Operated by joint agreements between Radio Astronomy Laboratory University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA... , Caltech, University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C... , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| DRAO 26-m dish | Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory The Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory is a research facility founded in 1960 and located south-west of Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, Canada. The site houses three instruments – an interferometric radio telescope, a 26-m single-dish antenna, and a solar flux monitor – and... , Penticton, British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... , Canada |
D. S. Kennedy 84 feet (25.6 m) reflector on an equatorial mount. |
| Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory The Five College Radio Astronomical Observatory was an radio astronomy observatory located on a peninsula in the Quabbin Reservoir. It was sited in the town of New Salem, Massachusetts on land that was originally part of Prescott, Massachusetts... (FCRAO) |
Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,819, making it the largest community in Hampshire County . The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts... , Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... , USA |
Operated by UMass Amherst |
| Green Bank Interferometer Green Bank Interferometer The Green Bank Interferometer is a former radio astronomy telescope located at Green Bank, West Virginia and operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory... (GBI) |
Green Bank Green Bank, West Virginia Green Bank is a census-designated place in Pocahontas County in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands inside the Allegheny Mountain Range. Green Bank is located along WV 28. Green Bank is also close to the Snowshoe Mountain ski resort... , West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east... , USA |
Three 26 meter (85 ft) radio telescopes operated by NRAO |
| Green Bank Telescope Green Bank Telescope The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope and the world's largest land-based movable structure. It is part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory site at Green Bank, West Virginia, USA. The telescope honors the name of the late Senator... (GBT) |
Green Bank Green Bank, West Virginia Green Bank is a census-designated place in Pocahontas County in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands inside the Allegheny Mountain Range. Green Bank is located along WV 28. Green Bank is also close to the Snowshoe Mountain ski resort... , West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east... , USA |
World's largest (100 meter) fully steerable single-dish radio telescope |
| Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope The Submillimeter Telescope , formerly known as the Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope, is a submillimeter wavelength radio telescope located on Mount Graham, Arizona. It is a 10-meter-wide parabolic dish inside a building to protect it from bad weather. The building front doors and roof are... (SMT) |
Mount Graham Mount Graham Mount Graham is a mountain in southeastern Arizona in the United States, in the Coronado National Forest. It is the highest mountain in the Pinaleño Mountains. As the name "Mount Graham" is often used by locals to refer to the entire mountain range, the peak itself is frequently referred to as... , Arizona Arizona Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix... , USA |
10-meter radio telescope operated by the University of Arizona's University of Arizona The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885... Arizona Radio Observatory Arizona Radio Observatory The Arizona Radio Observatory , a part of Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona, operates the 12 Meter Telescope on Kitt Peak and the Submillimeter Telescope on Mount Graham.... , part of Steward Observatory Steward Observatory The University of Arizona's Steward Observatorys main office is located on the University's campus and is closely tied to the Department of Astronomy. Established in 1916 by its first director, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, and a $60,000 bequest made by Lavinia Steward in memory of her late husband... . |
| Large Millimeter Telescope Large Millimeter Telescope The Large Millimeter Telescope was inaugurated in Mexico on 22 November 2006. It is the world's largest and most sensitive single-aperture telescope in its frequency range, built for observing radio waves in the wave lengths from approximately 0.85 to 4 mm... (LMT) |
Sierra Negra Sierra Negra Sierra Negra is an extinct volcanic companion peak of Mexico's highest mountain, the Pico de Orizaba . At up to 4,640 m above sea level it is one of Mexico's highest peaks, perhaps even the fourth highest, though it is usually listed fifth... , Puebla Puebla Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla.... , Mexico |
A 50-meter telescope for observations at millimetre wavelengths, the largest single dish instrument operating in this wavelength band. |
| Leuschner Observatory Leuschner Observatory Leuschner Observatory, originally called the Students' Observatory, is an observatory operated by the University of California, Berkeley. The observatory was built in 1886 on the Berkeley campus. For many years, it was directed by Armin Otto Leuschner, for whom the observatory was renamed in 1951... |
Lafayette Lafayette, California Lafayette is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 23,893. It was named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero of the American Revolutionary War... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , USA |
A 4.5-meter single dish, prototype dish for the Allen Telescope Array Allen Telescope Array The Allen Telescope Array , formerly known as the One Hectare Telescope , was a joint effort by the SETI Institute and the Radio Astronomy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley to construct a radio interferometer that is dedicated to astronomical observations and a simultaneous... |
| Long Wavelength Array (LWA) Long Wavelength Array (LWA) The Long Wavelength Array is a radio telescope under construction in central New Mexico. It is one of the few observatories to utilize such low frequencies, and is used to study relativistic particles, cosmic evolution, astrophysical plasma, decametric radio emissions from Jupiter-like extrasolar... |
Socorro Socorro, New Mexico Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It stands in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of . The population was 9,051 at the 2010 census... , New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S... , USA |
A telescope composed of 256 crossed-dipole antennas currently under development by the University of New Mexico University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution... and the Naval Research Laboratory |
| Morehead State University 21m. | Morehead Morehead, Kentucky As of the census of 2010, there were 6,845 people, households, and families residing in the city. The population density was 726.2 people per square mile. There were 2,356 housing units at an average density of 253.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 93.2% White, 3.2% African... , Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth... , USA |
A 21 m. telescope used for academic research and satellite data retrieval and control. |
| OVRO 40 meter Telescope OVRO 40 meter Telescope The OVRO 40 meter Telescope is part of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory located near Big Pine, California, USA. The telescope was dedicated in 1968 and since then it has been used to conduct interferometric observations along with the other telescopes in the observatory, as a Very Long Baseline... |
Owens Valley Radio Observatory Owens Valley Radio Observatory The Owens Valley Radio Observatory is a radio observatory located near Bishop, California, within the Owens Valley, California region, approximately 250 miles north of Los Angeles on the east side of the Sierra Nevada. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. For... , Big Pine, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , USA |
This cm wavelength telescope operated by Caltech, is currently being used on a blazar Blazar A blazar is a very compact quasar associated with a presumed supermassive black hole at the center of an active, giant elliptical galaxy... monitoring program at 15 GHz. |
| Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization The Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization is a radio interferometer designed to detect 21 cm Hydrogen fluctuations occurring when the first galaxies ionized intergalactic gas at around 500 Million years after the Big Bang.... (PAPER) |
Green Bank Green Bank, West Virginia Green Bank is a census-designated place in Pocahontas County in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands inside the Allegheny Mountain Range. Green Bank is located along WV 28. Green Bank is also close to the Snowshoe Mountain ski resort... , West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east... , USA |
Thirty-two, two-meter dishes measuring 100-200MHz |
| Solar monitor, two 1.8 m dishes | Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory The Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory is a research facility founded in 1960 and located south-west of Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, Canada. The site houses three instruments – an interferometric radio telescope, a 26-m single-dish antenna, and a solar flux monitor – and... , Penticton, British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... , Canada |
The first dish here was originally a backup for the Algonquin site, but when the ARO site was later closed its instrument moved to DRAO and became its backup. |
| SRI International SRI International SRI International , founded as Stanford Research Institute, is one of the world's largest contract research institutes. Based in Menlo Park, California, the trustees of Stanford University established it in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region. It was later... Antenna Facility |
Palo Alto Palo Alto, California Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is... , California, USA |
45.7 m parabolic reflector. Owned by the U.S. Government Federal government of the United States The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and... and constructed by SRI on land leased from Stanford University Stanford University The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... , the Antenna Facility is known locally as "the Dish." |
| Synthesis Telescope, seven-element interferometer | Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory The Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory is a research facility founded in 1960 and located south-west of Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, Canada. The site houses three instruments – an interferometric radio telescope, a 26-m single-dish antenna, and a solar flux monitor – and... , Penticton, British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... , Canada |
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| Very Large Array Very Large Array The Very Large Array is a radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Agustin, between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, some fifty miles west of Socorro, New Mexico, USA... (VLA) |
Socorro Socorro, New Mexico Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It stands in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of . The population was 9,051 at the 2010 census... , New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S... , USA |
Array of 27 dish Satellite dish A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive microwaves from communications satellites, which transmit data transmissions or broadcasts, such as satellite television.-Principle of operation:... es. Part of NRAO. |
| Very Small Array (VSA) | Cogan Station, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to... , USA |
Array of 8 small dishes Satellite dish A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive microwaves from communications satellites, which transmit data transmissions or broadcasts, such as satellite television.-Principle of operation:... . Part of The SETI League's Project Argus initiative. |
| Very Long Baseline Array Very Long Baseline Array The Very Long Baseline Array is a system of ten radio telescopes controlled remotely from the Array Operations Center in Socorro, New Mexico by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. The array works together as the world's largest dedicated, full-time astronomical instrument using the... (VLBA) |
Socorro Socorro, New Mexico Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It stands in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of . The population was 9,051 at the 2010 census... , New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S... USA (operations center) |
Array system of 10 radio telescopes; dishes are located at Mauna Kea, Hawaii Mauna Kea Mauna Kea is a volcano on the island of Hawaii. Standing above sea level, its peak is the highest point in the state of Hawaii. However, much of the mountain is under water; when measured from its oceanic base, Mauna Kea is over tall—significantly taller than Mount Everest... , Owens Valley, California, Brewster, Washington Brewster, Washington Brewster is a city in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,370 at the 2010 census.-History:In 1811, John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company established Fort Okanogan just north of the present site of Brewster, which was the first American post in Washington... , Kitt Peak, Arizona Kitt Peak Kitt Peak is a mountain in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the location of the Kitt Peak National Observatory. The radio telescope at the Observatory is one of ten dishes comprising the Very Long Baseline Array .... , Pie Town, New Mexico Pie Town, New Mexico Pie Town is an unincorporated town on U.S. Route 60 in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. Its name comes from a dried-apple pie business that was established by Clyde Norman in the early 1920s. Pie Town hosts a Pie Festival on the second Saturday of each September... , Los Alamos, New Mexico Los Alamos, New Mexico Los Alamos is a townsite and census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, built upon four mesas of the Pajarito Plateau and the adjoining White Rock Canyon. The population of the CDP was 12,019 at the 2010 Census. The townsite or "the hill" is one part of town while... , Fort Davis, Texas Fort Davis, Texas Fort Davis is a census-designated place in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,050 at the 2000 census and 1,041 according to a 2007 estimate. It is the county seat of Jeff Davis County... , North Liberty, Iowa North Liberty, Iowa North Liberty is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is a suburb of Iowa City and part of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area.... , Hancock, New Hampshire Hancock, New Hampshire Hancock is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,654 at the 2010 census. Hancock is home to the Welch Family Farm Forest.... , and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. |
| Two 26 m dishes | Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute is an astronomical observatory located in the United States in Balsam Grove, North Carolina. It is operated as a not-for-profit foundation. PARI is in the Pisgah National Forest of Western North Carolina at an elevation of 914 m... (PARI), Rosman Rosman, North Carolina Rosman is a town in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 490 at the 2000 census. The northern terminus of U.S. Route 178 is less than one mile northwest of Rosman on U.S... , North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... , USA |
South America
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| Atacama Cosmology Telescope Atacama Cosmology Telescope The Atacama Cosmology Telescope is a six-metre telescope on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in the north of Chile, near the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory. It is designed to make high-resolution, microwave-wavelength surveys of the sky in order to study the cosmic microwave background radiation... (ACT) |
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at an altitude of 5,104 m in the Chilean Atacama desert, 50 kilometers to the east of San Pedro de Atacama. It is a very dry site - inhospitable to humans - but an excellent site for submillimetre astronomy... , Atacama Desert Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications, the driest desert in the world... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
6 m telescope located on Cerro Toco. |
| Atacama Large Millimeter Array Atacama Large Millimeter Array The Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array is an array of radio telescopes in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. Since a high and dry site is crucial to millimeter wavelength operations, the array is being constructed on the Chajnantor plateau at 5000 metres altitude... (ALMA) |
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at an altitude of 5,104 m in the Chilean Atacama desert, 50 kilometers to the east of San Pedro de Atacama. It is a very dry site - inhospitable to humans - but an excellent site for submillimetre astronomy... , Atacama Desert Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications, the driest desert in the world... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
54 dishes with 12-m diameter and 12 dishes with 7-m diameter, sensitive to wavelengths between radio Radio Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space... and infrared Infrared Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm... (submillimetre astronomy Submillimetre astronomy Submillimetre astronomy or submillimeter astronomy is the branch of observational astronomy that is conducted at submillimetre wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. Astronomers place the submillimetre waveband between the far-infrared and microwave wavebands, typically taken to be between a... ). |
| Atacama Pathfinder Experiment Atacama Pathfinder Experiment The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment is a radio telescope located at 5,100 meters above sea level, at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Atacama desert, in northern Chile, 50 kilometers to the east of San Pedro de Atacama. The main dish has a diameter of 12 meters and consists of 264... (APEX) |
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at an altitude of 5,104 m in the Chilean Atacama desert, 50 kilometers to the east of San Pedro de Atacama. It is a very dry site - inhospitable to humans - but an excellent site for submillimetre astronomy... , Atacama Desert Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications, the driest desert in the world... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
12 m telescope located at the Chajnantor plateau. |
| Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment The Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment is a 10m antenna built by Mitsubishi Electric as a preprototype for ALMA.The ASTE was deployed to its site on Pampa La Bola, near Cerro Chajnantor and the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in northern Chile. The antenna shows excellent performance... (ASTE) |
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at an altitude of 5,104 m in the Chilean Atacama desert, 50 kilometers to the east of San Pedro de Atacama. It is a very dry site - inhospitable to humans - but an excellent site for submillimetre astronomy... , Atacama Desert Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications, the driest desert in the world... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
10 m telescope located at Pampa La Bola. |
| Cosmic Background Imager Cosmic Background Imager The Cosmic Background Imager was a 13-element interferometer perched at an elevation of 5,080 metres at Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Chilean Andes... (CBI) |
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at an altitude of 5,104 m in the Chilean Atacama desert, 50 kilometers to the east of San Pedro de Atacama. It is a very dry site - inhospitable to humans - but an excellent site for submillimetre astronomy... , Atacama Desert Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications, the driest desert in the world... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
13 dishes with 1m diameter located at the Chajnantor plateau. Decommissioned in 2008. |
| NANTEN2 Observatory NANTEN2 Observatory The NANTEN2 Observatory is a southern sky observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It is located at an altitude of on Pampa la Bola next to Cerro Chajnantor. The observatory is equipped with a millimeter and submillimeter wave telescope that is used for southern sky observations of... (NANTEN2) |
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at an altitude of 5,104 m in the Chilean Atacama desert, 50 kilometers to the east of San Pedro de Atacama. It is a very dry site - inhospitable to humans - but an excellent site for submillimetre astronomy... , Atacama Desert Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications, the driest desert in the world... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
4m telescope located at Pampa La Bola. |
| Q/U Imaging Experiment QUIET QUIET is an astronomy experiment to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. QUIET stands for Q/U Imaging ExperimenT. The Q/U in the name refers to the ability of the telescope to measure the Q and U Stokes parameters simultaneously... (QUIET) |
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at an altitude of 5,104 m in the Chilean Atacama desert, 50 kilometers to the east of San Pedro de Atacama. It is a very dry site - inhospitable to humans - but an excellent site for submillimetre astronomy... , Atacama Desert Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications, the driest desert in the world... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
Located at the Chajnantor plateau. |
| Northeastern Space Radio Observatory Northeastern Space Radio Observatory The Northeastern Space Radio Observatory or Radio-Observatorio Espacial do Nordeste is a VLBI Antenna located at Fortaleza, Brazil.-External links:* on the internet... |
Eusébio Eusébio, Ceará Eusébio is a town and municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil, located within the metropolitan area of Fortaleza .-External links: of the municipal administration... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
14,2 m telescope |
| Itapetinga Radio Observatory | Atibaia, Sao Paulo, Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
13,7 m telescope, operates in the K and Q bands, with cryogenic receivers |
| Brazilian Decimetric Array Brazilian Decimetric Array The Brazilian Decimetric Array in Cachoeira Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil is a 38-element radio telescope interferometer working in the frequency range of 1.2-6.0 GHz. The final baseline will be 2.27 km in the East-West and 1.17 km in the South directions, respectively. This instrument will obtain... (BDA) |
Cachoeira Paulista Cachoeira Paulista Cachoeira Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2003 is 29,254. The elevation is 521 m.The Brazilian Decimetric Array radio telescope is situated in Cachoeira Paulista.... , Sao Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
38-element radio telescope interferometer working in the frequency range of 1.2-6.0 GHz. The final baseline will be 2.27 km in the East-West and 1.17 km in the South directions, respectively. This instrument will obtain radio images from the sun with a spatial resolution ~4x6 arc seconds. Located in Cachoeira Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Latitude 45° 00' 20" West and Longitude 22° 41' 19" South) |
| Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) | La Silla Observatory La Silla Observatory La Silla Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Chile with three telescopes built and operated by the European Southern Observatory organisation, and several others are partly maintained by ESO... , Atacama Desert Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications, the driest desert in the world... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
15 m telescope. Decommissioned in 2003 |
Space-based
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| HALCA HALCA The HALCA , also known for its project name VSOP , or the code name MUSES-B for the second of the Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft series, is a Japanese 8 meter diameter radio telescope satellite which was used for Very Long Baseline Interferometry... (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy) |
Earth orbit with an apogee altitude of 21,400 km and a perigee Perigee Perigee is the point at which an object makes its closest approach to the Earth.. Often the term is used in a broader sense to define the point in an orbit where the orbiting body is closest to the body it orbits. The opposite is the apogee, the farthest or highest point.The Greek prefix "peri"... altitude of 560 km. |
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| Zond 3 Zond 3 Zond 3 was a member of the Soviet Zond program sharing designation Zond, while being part of Mars 3MV project. It was unrelated to Zond spacecraft designed for manned circumlunar mission . Zond 3 completed a successful Lunar flyby, taking a number of good quality photographs for its time... |
Russian spacecraft carrying a radio telescope | |
| Spektr-R or RadioAstron | 10 meter radio telescope in a highly elliptical earth orbit. Launched July 2011. |
See also
- Radio telescopeRadio telescopeA radio telescope is a form of directional radio antenna used in radio astronomy. The same types of antennas are also used in tracking and collecting data from satellites and space probes...
Category:Radio telescopes
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