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Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

Ground-Based Radio and Millimeter Observatories

A Dutch array of fourteen 25-meter radio dishes laid out in a line near the village of Westerbork, completed in 1970 as one of the first major aperture-synthesis radio telescopes in the world. It remains an active research instrument and a technical testbed for the wider LOFAR and Square Kilometre Array programs.

Facts
Observatory Type
Aperture synthesis radio interferometer 2
Location
North of Westerbork, Midden-Drenthe, Netherlands 2
Operational
from 1970 2
Measures
Radio waves between 120 MHz and 8.3 GHz 2
Operating Principle
Array of fourteen 25-metre dishes on a 2.7 km linear East-West line 2
Classification
Observing Band
Radio 1
Connections

Operated By

ASTRON, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia: Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope
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Located In

Netherlands

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Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
2. Wikipedia: Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope
  • Lead section, opening description
    an aperture synthesis interferometer
  • Lead section, location sentence
    north of the village of Westerbork, Midden-Drenthe, in the northeastern Netherlands
  • Overview section, completion date
    The telescope was completed in 1970
  • Overview section, frequency range sentence
    The telescopes in the array can operate at several frequencies between 120 MHz and 8.3 GHz
  • Overview section, array layout description
    comprises fourteen 25 m radio telescopes deployed in a linear array arranged on a 2.7 km East-West line
  • Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, Wikipedia - lead section, observing band (radio)
    The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) is an aperture synthesis interferometer built on the site of the former World War II Nazi detention and transit camp Westerbork, north of the village of Westerbork, Midden-Drenthe, in the northeastern Netherlands.
  • In Group: Radio and Millimetre Interferometer Arrays, Lead sentence
    The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) is an aperture synthesis interferometer built on the site of the former World War II Nazi detention and transit camp Westerbork, north of the village of Westerbork, Midden-Drenthe, in the northeastern Netherlands.
  • Operated By: ASTRON, Article text: operator
    The telescope is operated by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy.
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