RadioNet3 - EVN telescopes

Irbene telescope

aukelien — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:35:07 +0000

Diameter:

32m

Hidden in the dense coastal forests of Slītere a mysterious ex-Soviet spy center lays now used for science. Almost everyone including me who entered the site of the two large radio telescopes called Irbene, are amazed by the surrealistic atmosphere made by the abandoned ghost town and two large radio dishes in the middle of nowhere.

Yebes

aukelien — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:28:42 +0000

Diameter:

40m

The Observatory of Yebes is operated by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional (a Directorate General of the Ministry for Public Works, 'Ministerio de Fomento'). The site is at a height of approximately 930m above sea level in the Guadalajara province (about 80km from Madrid). It includes four main scientific installations.

JIVE

aukelien — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:24:26 +0000

The Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe was formally established in 1993 by the Consortium for VLBI in Europe. The Institute is located in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands, and hosted by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy.

Torun Telescope

aukelien — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:36:54 +0000

Diameter:

32m

The Toruń Centre for Astronomy is an optical and radio observatory located about 15 km north of Toruń, Poland.

Noto VLBI Telescope

aukelien — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:17:22 +0000

Diameter:

32m

The Noto VLBI Station is a radio observatory located on Sicily, southern Italy, outside of the city of Noto. The facility is operated by the Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna.

Medicina Telescope

aukelien — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:04:06 +0000

Diameter:

32m

The Medicina 32m antenna is located at the Medicina Radio Astronomy Station. The station is run by the Istituto di Radioastronomia and is located about 33 km east of Bologna.

Jodrell Bank Mark II Telescope

aukelien — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:55:18 +0000

Diameter:

25.4m

The Mark II is a radio telescope located at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire, in the north-west of England.

Onsala 25m telescope

aukelien — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 08:05:38 +0000

Diameter:

25m

The 25.6 m diameter, polar mount decimeter-wave telescope in Onsala is equipped with receivers for frequencies up to 7 GHz. The telescope was built in 1963.

Onsala 20m telescope

aukelien — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 07:32:45 +0000

Diameter:

20m

The 20 m diameter, radome enclosed, millimetre wave telescope in Onsala is equipped with receivers for frequencies up to 116 GHz. The telescope was built in 1975-76 and upgraded in 1992.

Metsähovi 14m telescope

aukelien — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:34:04 +0000

Metsähovi telescope