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This is a list of radio telescopes – over one hundred – that are or have been used for
File:FastTelescope*8sep2015.jpg, alt=Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope under construction, The 500 meter Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), under construction, China (2016)
File:GBT.png, alt=Green Bank Telescope, The 100 meter Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia, US, the largest fully steerable radio telescope dish (2002)
File:DSCN6149_Effelsberg_totale.jpg, alt=Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope, The 100 meter
List of radio telescopes outside the US
East Anglian Amateur Radio Observatory Website
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This is a list of radio telescopes – over one hundred – that are or have been used for radio astronomy
Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies. The first detection of radio waves from an astronomical object was in 1933, when Karl Jansky at Bell Telephone Laboratories reported radiation comin ...
. The list includes both single dishes and interferometric
Interferometry is a technique which uses the '' interference'' of superimposed waves to extract information. Interferometry typically uses electromagnetic waves and is an important investigative technique in the fields of astronomy, fiber o ...
arrays. The list is sorted by region, then by name; unnamed telescopes are in reverse size order at the end of the list.
The first radio telescope was invented in 1932, when Karl Jansky at Bell Telephone Laboratories observed radiation coming from the Milky Way.
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Space-based
Under construction or planned construction
Proposed telescopes
Gallery of big dishes
Effelsberg 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, surpassing the L ...
, in Bad Münstereifel, Germany (1971)
File:Lovell Telescope 5.jpg, alt=Lovell Telescope, The 76 meter Lovell, Jodrell Bank Observatory, England (1957)
File:Goldstone DSN antenna.jpg, alt=DSS 14 "Mars" antenna at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, The 70 meter DSS 14 "Mars" antenna at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC), commonly called the Goldstone Observatory, is a satellite ground station located in Fort Irwin in the U.S. state of California. Operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), its m ...
, Mojave Desert, California, US (1958)
File:70-м антенна П-2500 (РТ-70).jpg, alt=Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope, The 70 meter Yevpatoria RT-70, Crimea, first of three RT-70
There are three radio telescopes designated RT-70, all in countries that were once part of the former Soviet Union, all with similar specifications: 70m dishes and an operating range of 5–300 GHz. The Yevpatoria telescope has also been us ...
in the former Soviet Union, (1978)
File:Село Восточное Хабаровский край 2016 (3).jpg, The 70 meter Galenki RT-70, Galenki, Russia, second of three RT-70
There are three radio telescopes designated RT-70, all in countries that were once part of the former Soviet Union, all with similar specifications: 70m dishes and an operating range of 5–300 GHz. The Yevpatoria telescope has also been us ...
in the former Soviet Union, (1984)
File:Canberra Deep Dish Communications Complex - GPN-2000-000502.jpg, alt=DSS-43 antenna at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, The 70 meter DSS-43 antenna at Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) is a satellite communication station, part of the Deep Space Network of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), located at Tidbinbilla in the Australian Capital Territory. Opened in 1 ...
, Canberra, Australia (1987)
File:Madrid Deep Space Network Complex.jpg, alt=DSS-63 antenna at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex, The 70 meter DSS-63 antenna at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex
The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC), in Spanish and officially ''Complejo de Comunicaciones de Espacio Profundo de Madrid'', is a satellite ground station located in Robledo de Chavela, Spain, and operated by the Instituto Naci ...
, near Madrid, Spain (late 1980s)
See also
* Radio telescopes *List of astronomical observatories
This is a list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in ...
* Lists of telescopes
* Radio telescope
A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Radio telescopes are the main observing instrument used in radio astronomy, which studies the radio frequency ...
References
External links
List of radio telescopes outside the US
East Anglian Amateur Radio Observatory Website
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Radio telescopes
A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Radio telescopes are the main observing instrument used in radio astronomy, which studies the radio frequency p ...