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. It is no longer in operation as of 2000. Official status as a national Dutch industrial heritage monument has been requested, but not yet granted.

The site of the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory also houses most of the staff of ASTRON, and a test site for LOFAR.

Two companion galaxies of the Milky Way are named after this telescope: Dwingeloo 1 and Dwingeloo 2.
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In the summer of 2009 they made a contact with a station on Tasmania
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They used a few milli watt's of transmitting power on the 23cm band.
Categories: scientific research institute / centre
Wikipedia article: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwingeloo_Radio_Telescoop
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Coordinates:  52°48'46"N 6°23'46"E
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