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The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in Green Bank, West Virginia, US is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, [1] surpassing the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany. [2] The Green Bank site was part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) until September 30, 2016.
The Green Bank Observatory (previously National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank) is an astronomical observatory located in the National Radio Quiet Zone in Green Bank, West Virginia, U.S. It is the operator of the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope. [1]
Green Bank is home to the Green Bank Telescope, the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, which was operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) until September 30, 2016. Since October 1, 2016, the Telescope has been operated by the Green Bank Observatory, which is no longer part of the
The NRQZ is centered between the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, and Sugar Grove Station in Sugar Grove, West Virginia. It includes all land with latitudes between 37° 30′ 0.4″ N and 39° 15′ 0.4″ N, and longitudes between 78° 29′ 59.0″ W and 80° 29′ 59.2″ W. [ 1 ]
Sugar Grove is located in the National Radio Quiet Zone covering 13,000 square miles (34,000 km 2) in West Virginia and Virginia. The zone was established by Congress in 1958 to facilitate its mission and that of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory located 30 miles (48 km) away at Green Bank in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Since 1984 ...
The radio telescope has a diameter of 40 feet (12 m) [1] in the form of a parabolic reflector. The surface is made of steel mesh, with a superstructure of galvanised steel . [ 2 ] It is a transit telescope : [ 3 ] : 2 it only moves in elevation, not in azimuth (horizontally), [ 1 ] and relies on the Earth's rotation to observe the full sky.
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