Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope

Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
Part ofEuropean VLBI Network Edit this on Wikidata
Location(s)Effelsberg, Bad Münstereifel, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates50°31′29″N 6°52′58″E / 50.5247°N 6.8828°E / 50.5247; 6.8828 Edit this at Wikidata
OrganizationMax Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Edit this on Wikidata
Altitude319 m (1,047 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Wavelength408, 86,000 MHz (73.48, 0.35 cm)
Built1968–1971 (1968–1971) Edit this at Wikidata
Telescope styleradio telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter100 m (328 ft 1 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Collecting area7,850 m2 (84,500 sq ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Focal length30 m (98 ft 5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Websitewww.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/en/effelsberg Edit this at Wikidata
Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope is located in Germany
Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
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The Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in the Ahr Hills (part of the Eifel) in Bad Münstereifel, Germany. For 29 years the Effelsberg Radio Telescope was the largest fully steerable radio telescope on Earth, surpassing the Lovell Telescope in the UK.[1] In 2000, it was surpassed by the Green Bank Observatory's Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, US, which has a slightly larger elliptical 100 by 110-metre aperture.[2]

  1. ^ Ridpath, Ian (2012). A Dictionary of Astronomy. OUP Oxford. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-19-960905-5.
  2. ^ Newly Commissioned Green Bank Telescope Bags New Pulsars, NRAO, 2002-01-04

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