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  2. Ooty Radio Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) is located in Muthorai near Ooty, in South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1] It is part of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), which is funded by the Government of India through the Department of Atomic Energy . [ 5 ]

  3. List of astronomical observatories - Wikipedia

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    Benito Loyola Observatory 2024 Virginia Beach, Virginia, US Benmore Peak Observatory: 1996 Mackenzie Basin, South Island, New Zealand BeppoSAX (defunct) 1996–2003 Low Earth orbit: Bergisch Gladbach Observatory: 1995 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany Berlin Observatory: 1711 Berlin, Germany Besançon Observatory: 1882 Besançon, France Bidston ...

  4. Terrestrial Time - Wikipedia

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    Terrestrial Time (TT) is a modern astronomical time standard defined by the International Astronomical Union, primarily for time-measurements of astronomical observations made from the surface of Earth. [1] For example, the Astronomical Almanac uses TT for its tables of positions (ephemerides) of the Sun, Moon and planets as seen from Earth.

  5. Category:Astronomical observatories in Virginia - Wikipedia

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  6. United States National Radio Quiet Zone - Wikipedia

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    [11] [12] The National Radio Quiet Zone Administrator at the Green Bank Observatory manages the enforcement policies. Zones 1 and Zone 2 are located within the property of the Green Bank Observatory. The entire property is designated Zone 1 except small portions (such as housing, visitor, and laboratory areas) that are designated Zone 2.

  7. Time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Time zones were therefore a compromise, relaxing the complex geographic dependence while still allowing local time to be approximate with mean solar time. Railroad managers tried to address the problem by establishing 100 railroad time zones, but this was only a partial solution to the problem. [2]

  8. Category:Astronomical observatories in the United States by ...

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  9. National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Wikipedia

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    NRAO was, until October 2016, the operator of the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, which stands near Green Bank, West Virginia. [3] The observatory contains several other telescopes, among them the 140-foot (43 m) telescope that utilizes an equatorial mount uncommon for radio telescopes ...