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Effelsberg - Definition

Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope


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Radio telescope at Effelsberg

OrganizationMax Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
LocationEffelsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia
Wavelength regimeradio 408MHz-86GHz
Completion date1971
Webpagehttp://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/effelsberg/index_e.html
Physical Characteristics
Telescope Styleparabolic reflector
Diameter (m)100
Collecting Area (m2)31,000
Focal length (m)(fill in)
Mountingalt-azimuth fully steerable primary
Domenone

Since its inauguration in 1972, the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope is still, to the present day, 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. 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.).

Example Usage of Effelsberg

brunthal: #Effelsberg Telescope stopped observing. -18 C is too cold :-(
brunthal: Currently observing at #Effelsberg Several hours lost due to snow. But it is very beautiful and cold (-14.5C) outside.
ASTRON_LOFAR: RT: @cvocks #LOFAR station at #Effelsberg has taken first all-sky images in high band (120-240MHz). Congrats, http://bit.ly/5gBk8h
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