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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]
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.
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 NRAO.
The Green Bank Interferometer (GBI) is a former radio astronomy telescope located at Green Bank, West Virginia, U.S., and operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. It included three on-site radio telescopes of 85-foot (26m) diameter, designated 85-1, 85-3, and 85-2 (85-1 is also known as the Tatel Telescope) and a portable telescope.
Here is your annual round up of the most surreal shots from across the west. The Foreland Lighthouse keepers cottage pictured teetering on the edge of the rocky cliff [Shaun Davey]
The Reber Radio Telescope is a historic radio telescope, located at the Green Bank Observatory near Green Bank, West Virginia, United States. Built in 1937 in Illinois by the astronomer Grote Reber, it was the first purpose-built parabolic radio telescope. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989. [2] [3]
This article includes a List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia. ... First parabolic radio telescope, ... Alexander Wade House. December 21, 1965 ...