Effelsberg radio telescope
| observatory
Germany /
Rheinland-Pfalz /
Kirchsahr /
World
/ Germany
/ Rheinland-Pfalz
/ Kirchsahr
World / Germany / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Köln
observatory, telescope, radio telescope
A parabolic dish radio telescope, 100 meters in diameter. It is one of the largest fully steerable dish antennas in the world (also see Green Bank, WV)
The Effelsberg radio telescope is operated by the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn. It was constructed from 1968 to 1971 and inaugurated on 1 August 1972. A major technical difficulty in building a radio telescope of 100 m diameter was how to deal with the deformation as the - supposedly parabolic - mirror moves and tilts.
www.mpifr.de/english/radiotelescope/index.html
The Effelsberg radio telescope is operated by the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn. It was constructed from 1968 to 1971 and inaugurated on 1 August 1972. A major technical difficulty in building a radio telescope of 100 m diameter was how to deal with the deformation as the - supposedly parabolic - mirror moves and tilts.
www.mpifr.de/english/radiotelescope/index.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effelsberg_100-m_Radio_Telescope
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Coordinates: 50°31'29"N 6°53'0"E
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