What is the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope?
What is the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope?
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.
What is the largest radio telescope in the world?
Related media on Wikimedia Commons. 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.
Where is the Widerberg telescope located?
The telescope is located about 1.3 km northeast of Effelsberg, a southeastern part of the town of Bad Münstereifel. It is placed less than 300 m west of the 398 m high Hünerberg, which is already in the neighbouring Land of Rhineland-Palatinate.
How long is the Effelsberger Bach?
The Effelsberger Bach is 6.5 km long, flowing from the Effelsberger Wald into the Sahrbach, which in turn flows south and into the Ahr river. A hiking path leads past the telescope; in 2004 part of this was turned into a planet trail with information panels about the Solar System with its planets.
What is the operating range of RT-32 radio telescope?
32m RT-32 radio telescope, operating range 1.4–22 GHz. 32 m, fully steerable dish, 300 MHz – 86 GHz. Operates both as part of astronomical and geodetic VLBI network and as a single dish. Consists of the Cambridge 32 m at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Darnhall, Defford, Tabley (also known as Pickmere) and Knockin.
Where is the German Space Telescope located?
The telescope is located about 1.3 km northeast of Effelsberg, a southeastern part of the town of Bad Münstereifel. It is placed less than 300 m west of the 398 m high Hünerberg, which is already in the neighbouring Land of Rhineland-Palatinate .
