__NOTOC__ The Stockert Radio Telescope is a historical radio telescope in the

Eifel The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

mountain range in

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

, situated 12 km from 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, surpassing th ...

Radio telescope

Germany's first telescope 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 comi ...

, with a diameter of 25 m, was inaugurated on 17 September 1956 on the

Stockert Stockert or von Stockert may refer to: * Ludwig von Stockert * (born 1940, Vienna), Austrian philologist * Stockert Radio Telescope, Astropeiler Stockert in the Eifel * Stockert (hill) The Stockert is a 435-metre-high hill which rises between ...

. Until 1995 – since 1979 only for student training – it was used by the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

and the

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfRA) (German: ''Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie'') is located in Bonn, Germany. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (German: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft). History By com ...

. Between 1997 and 2004, the telescope was owned by the digital audio company

Creamware Creamware is a cream-coloured refined earthenware with a lead glaze over a pale body, known in France as '' faïence fine'', in the Netherlands as ''Engels porselein'', and in Italy as ''terraglia inglese''.Osborne, 140 It was created about 175 ...

and used for inspirational purposes and as a location for their musical festivals called ''Woodstockert''. In 1999 the installation was

listed Listed may refer to: * Listed, Bornholm, a fishing village on the Danish island of Bornholm * Listed (MMM program), a television show on MuchMoreMusic * Endangered species in biology * Listed building, in architecture, designation of a historical ...

for its industrial heritage, and since 2005 it is owned by the Nordrhein-Westfalen-Stiftung (NRW-Stiftung), which in 2006 made available €300,000 for restoration. The site is used and taken care of by the Astropeiler Stockert e.V., which has updated the technology and has opened the site to the public.
Astronomical observations have been resumed in 2011, primarily for educational purposes. Image:Astropeiler-Stockert01.jpg, Detail from below Image:Astropeiler-Schild.jpg, Plaque inside the building Image:Astropeiler-Steuerung01.jpg, Historical control electronics Image:Astropeiler-Schleifkontakte.jpg, Array of brushes. The

brushes A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped durin ...

allowed the mirror to move continuously in the military use as a radar dish.

Notes

References

External links

Astropeiler Stockert e.V.

Der Astropeiler und die NRW-Stiftung
{{radio-astronomy, state=collapsed Radio telescopes Buildings and structures in North Rhine-Westphalia