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Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope

Ground-Based Radio and Millimeter Observatories

A German radio telescope near Bad Munstereifel, completed in 1972 with a fully steerable 100-meter dish that was the largest steerable radio telescope in the world for nearly three decades. It remains a leading instrument for pulsar timing and Very Long Baseline Interferometry, operated by the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy.

Facts
Observatory Type
Radio telescope 2
Location
Effelsberg, Bad Munstereifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 2
Operational
from 1972 2
Measures
Radio waves at wavelengths between 0.35 cm and 73.48 cm 2
Operating Principle
Fully steerable 100-meter parabolic dish with an active, computer-designed mirror support structure 2
Open to Visitors
Yes 3
Classification
Observing Band
Radio 1
Connections

Operated By

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia: Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
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Located In

Germany

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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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  • Observing Band: Radio
2. Wikipedia: Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
  • Lead section, opening sentence
    The Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope is a radio telescope
  • Infobox, location field
    Effelsberg, Bad Munstereifel, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Radio telescope section, inauguration date
    inaugurated on 1 August 1972
  • Infobox, technical specifications field
    Wavelength 408, 86,000 MHz (73.48, 0.35 cm)
  • Radio telescope section, mirror support description
    a novel computer-designed mirror support structure which deforms in such a way that the deformed mirror will always take a parabolic shape
  • Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope, Wikipedia - lead section, observing band (radio)
    The Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in the Ahr Hills (part of the Eifel) in Bad Münstereifel, Germany.
  • In Group: Single-Dish Radio and Millimetre Telescopes, Lead sentence
    The Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in the Ahr Hills (part of the Eifel) in Bad Münstereifel, Germany.
  • Operated By: Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Article text: operator
    The Effelsberg radio telescope is operated by the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, the radio astronomy institute of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.
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3. Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope (Wikipedia)
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