Effelsberg
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| Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope | |
Radio telescope at Effelsberg
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| Organization | Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn |
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| Location | Effelsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Altitude | 319 m ü. NN |
| Wavelength | radio 408MHz-86GHz |
| Built | 1971 |
| Telescope style | parabolic reflector |
| Diameter | 100m |
| Collecting area | 7,850m2 |
| Focal length | 30m |
| Mounting | alt-azimuth fully steerable primary |
| Website | http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/effelsberg/ |
Since its inauguration in 1972, the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope is one of the world's largest fully steerable telescopes. It operates at wavelengths from about 7 mm to 90 cm. The telescope is operated by the Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie in Bonn, Germany (part of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft). The Effelsberg 100-m telescope was involved in several such surveys, including the one, to name just one example, at 408 MHz (73 cm) by Haslam et al. (1981, 1982; Astron. and Astrophys.). For nearly 30 years it was the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world - until the opening of the Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia (USA).
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 Rear view |
 Primary focus |
 Close up of the primary focus |
 The central tower |
 Total view from gate |
 At night |
 Detail at night |
 Detail at night |
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