List of radio telescopes 520796 225954313 2008-07-16T04:52:57Z 159.226.71.49 /* Asia */ This is a '''list of [[radio telescope]]s''' that are or have been used for [[radio astronomy]]. It includes both single dishes and interferometer arrays. They are listed by region, then by name; unnamed telescopes are in reverse size order at the end of the lists. {{incomplete-list}} == Africa == {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="20%" | Name ! width="20%" | Location ! width="59%" | Remarks |- | HartRAO Radio Telescope | [[Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory]], [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] | 26 m dish.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hartrao.ac.za/factsfile.html | title=HartRAO Radio Telescope Facts | accessdate=2007-01-23}}</ref> Also site for first 15 m prototype Telescope for KAT (SKA 1%).{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |- | [[Karoo Array Telescope]] (KAT) | [[Carnarvon, South Africa]] | Twenty 15 m Telescopes planned for 2009 as a 1% pathfinder for the [[Square Kilometre Array]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ska.ac.za/kat/index.shtml | title=About the KAT | accessdate=2007-01-23}}</ref> |} == Asia == {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="20%" | Name ! width="20%" | Location ! width="59%" | Remarks |- | [[Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope]] (GMRT) | [[Pune]], [[India]] | Thirty 45 m wire dishes;<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in/gmrt_hpage/GMRT/intro_gmrt.html | title=Introducing GMRT | accessdate=2007-01-23}}</ref> largest telescope at meter [[wavelength]]s. Operated by the [[National Centre for Radio Astrophysics]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | url=http://www.gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in/}}</ref> |- | [http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/ncra_hpage/ort/ort.html Ooty Radio Telescope] (ORT) | [[Ooty]], [[India]] | approximately 530 m long and 30 m wide operates at 326.5 MHz |- | [http://www.shao.ac.cn/sheshan.htm Sheshan] | [[Shanghai]] | 25m. Operated by SHAO (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) |- | [http://www.pmodlh.ac.cn Delingha 13.7 m] | [[Delingha]], [[Qinghai]], [[China]] | Dish diameter: 13.7 m. Work Band: 85 -- 115 GHz. Site altitude: 3200 m. Operated by [[Purple Mountain Observatory]]. |} == Australia == {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="20%" | Name ! width="20%" | Location ! width="59%" | Remarks |- | [[Australia Telescope Compact Array]] | [[Narrabri]] | 6x22m dish [[aperture synthesis]] array, operated by ATNF ([[Australia Telescope National Facility]]). {{Fact|date=February 2007}} |- | [[Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope]] (MOST) | [[Molonglo]] (near [[Canberra]], [[Australia]]) | Operated by the School of Physics at the [[University of Sydney]]. East-west arm of the former [[Molonglo Cross Telescope]], approximately 800 m in length. Operates at 843 MHz. |- | Mopra Radio Telescope | [[Mopra Observatory]] close to [[Siding Spring Observatory]], near [[Coonabarabran]], [[Australia]] | 22 m dish, operated by ATNF ([[Australia Telescope National Facility]]) |- | Parkes Radio Telescope | [[Parkes Observatory]], [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]], [[Australia]] | 64 m Telescope (2nd largest movable dish in the Southern Hemisphere), operated by ATNF ([[Australia Telescope National Facility]]) |- | [http://www-ra.phys.utas.edu.au/physics_telescopes.html Mt Pleasant Radio Observatory] | [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]] | 26 m Telescope, operated by the [[University of Tasmania| University of Tasmania]] |- | [http://www-ra.phys.utas.edu.au/physics_telescopes.html Ceduna Radio Observatory] | [[Ceduna]], [[South australia|South Australia]], [[Australia]] | 30 m Telescope, operated by the [[University of Tasmania| University of Tasmania]] |- | [http://www.atnf.csiro.au/projects/askap/ ASKAP] | Mid West region of Western Australia | ASKAP, the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder. 30-40 antennas, each 12 m with ~ 30 sq degrees FoV at 1.4 GHz. Operated by ATNF ([[Australia Telescope National Facility]]) |} == Europe == {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="20%" | Name ! width="20%" | Location ! width="59%" | Remarks |- | [[Arcminute Microkelvin Imager]] | [[Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory]], [[Cambridge]], [[England]] | &nbsp; |- | [[Dwingeloo Radio Observatory|Dwingeloo (CAMRAS)]] | [[Dwingeloo]] | 25 m steerable dish, formerly operated by [[Astron]], now in restoration by CAMRAS [http://www.camras.nl] |- | [[Effelsberg]] | Bad Münstereifel-Effelsberg near [[Bonn]], [[Germany]] | 100 m dish operated by [[Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie]] |- | [[European VLBI Network]] (EVN) | Distributed across Europe with members located in China, S. Africa and USA | VLBI array operated by [[the European Consortium for VLBI]] |- | [[IRAM - 30m]] | [[Pico Veleta]], in [[Granada]], [[Spain]] | 30m dish operated by the Institute for Millimetric Radio Astronomy ([[Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimétrique]], IRAM); works in the millimeter range (1mm to 3mm) both with [[Superheterodyne receiver|superheterodyne]] and [[Bolometer|bolometric]] detectors. |- | [[Lovell Telescope]] | [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]] | 76 m dish |- | [[LOFAR]] (LOw Frequency ARray) | [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]]; in the future, [[Great Britain]], [[France]],[[Polland]] | Low Frequency Array of dipole antennas at 1.3 to 30m wavelenghts, with a strongly distributed signal processing system. The telescope beam is constructed in software from combinations of antenna signals. |- | [[Mark II (radio telescope)|Mark II]] | [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]] | 25 m dish |- | [[Mark III (radio telescope)|Mark III]] | [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]] | 25 m dish; now dismantled. |- | [[MERLIN]] (Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network) | [[United Kingdom|UK]] | Consists of the Cambridge 32 m at [[Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory]], [[Darnhall]], [[Defford]], [[Tabley]] (also known as [[Pickmere]]) and [[Knockin]]. Also includes the [[Lovell Telescope|Lovell]] and [[Mark II (radio telescope)|Mark II]] telescopes at [[Jodrell Bank]]. |- | [[Nançay Radio Telescope]] (NRT) | [[Nançay, France|Nançay]], [[France]] | &nbsp; |- | Northern Cross | [[Medicina Radio Observatory]], Medicina, [[Bologna]] [[Italy]] [http://www.ira.inaf.it] | 32000 m² Interferometer, cyl-paraboloid steerable over NS., 408 MHz, Beam=3' |- | [[Plateau de Bure Interferometer]] | Plateau de Bure, [[Grenoble]], [[France]] | Originally an array of 3 antennas, since 2005 has 6 antennas, operating at millimeter wavelengths. |- | [[RATAN-600]] | [[Bolshoi Zelenchuk]], [[Russia]] | 600 m dish, operates at 610 MHz to 30 GHz, world's largest diameter individual radio telescope |- | [[Ryle Telescope]] | [[Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory]], [[Cambridge]], [[England]] | Eight 13 m dishes, and is currently used as one part of the [[Arcminute Microkelvin Imager]]. |- | Toruń RT4 32 m | [[Toruń Centre for Astronomy]], [[Toruń]], [[Poland]] | RT4 (32 m) [[parabolic]] antenna |- | Toruń RT3 15 m | [[Toruń Centre for Astronomy]], [[Toruń]], [[Poland]] | RT3 (15 m) antenna. |- | [[Ukrainian T-shaped Radio telescope, second modification]] (UTR-2) | Grakovo, [[Kharkiv]], [[Ukraine]] | World's largest radio telescope at [[decametre]] wavelengths (max. collective area 150 000 m²). |- | [[Very Small Array]] (VSA) | [[Observatorio del Teide]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]] | Array of 14 [[satellite dish|dish]]es, with two larger source-subtraction [[satellite dish|dish]]es. Controlled remotely from [[United Kingdom|UK]]. |- | [[Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope]] (WSRT) | [[Westerbork]], [[Netherlands]] | Array of radio telescopes [http://www.astron.nl/] |- | Yebes RT 40 m | [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observatorio_Astron%C3%B3mico_Nacional_de_Espa%C3%B1a Observatorio Astronómico Nacional], Yebes (Guadalajara), [[Spain]] [http://www.oan.es/] | 40 m parabolic steerable radiotelescope for mm and cm wavelenghts |- | 32 m | [[Ventspils Starptautiskais Radioastronomijas Centrs|Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center]], [[Irbene]], [[Latvia]] | 32-meter fully steerable parabolic, centimetre-wave range antenna RT-32 http://www.virac.lv/ |- | 32 m VLBI dish | [[Medicina Radio Observatory]], Medicina, [[Bologna]] [[Italy]] [http://www.ira.inaf.it] | 32 m, fully steerable dish, 1400 MHz...43 GHz |- | 32 m VLBI dish | [[Noto Radio Observatory]], [[Noto]], [[Italy]], [http://www.ira.inaf.it] | 32 m, fully steerable dish, 300 MHz...86 GHz. It operate as a part of Astronomic and geodetic VLBI network and as single dish. |- | 25 m telescope | [[Onsala Space Observatory]], [[Onsala]], [[Sweden]] | 25 m Telescope |- | 20 m telescope | [[Onsala Space Observatory]], [[Onsala]], [[Sweden]] | 20 m Telescope |- | 16 m | [[Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center]], [[Irbene]], [[Latvia]] | 16-meter diameter antenna RT-16 http://www.virac.lv/ |- | 42ft (12.8m) telescope | [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]] | 25 m dish; now dismantled. |- | 6.4 m teaching telescope | [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]] | 25 m dish; now dismantled. |} == North America == {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="20%" | Name ! width="20%" | Location ! width="59%" | Remarks |- | [[Allen Telescope Array]] | [[Hat Creek Radio Observatory]], [[Hat Creek]], [[California]], [[USA]] | 42 6-m [[gregorian offset]] dishes using log periodic cooled feed covering .5GHz - 11.5GHz. Operated by joint agreement between [[Radio Astronomy Laboratory]], [[University of California, Berkeley]] and the [[SETI Institute]] |- | [[Arecibo Observatory]] | [[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]], [[Puerto Rico]] | World's largest single-dish radio telescope. Also known as ''Arecibo radio telescope'' or ''NAIC'' |- |[[Caltech Submillimeter Observatory]] |[[Mauna Kea Observatory]], [[Hawaii]], [[USA]] |10.4 m (34 ft) diameter submillimeter wavelength telescope |- |[[Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy]] (CARMA) |[[Owens Valley Radio Observatory]], [[Big Pine]], [[California]], [[USA]] |Heterogeneous [[interferometer]] array composed of 6 10-m elements, 9 6-m elements, covering frequencies ranging from 75-115GHz, ~230, and ~345GHz. Operated by joint agreements between [[Radio Astronomy Laboratory]] [[University of California, Berkeley]], [[Caltech]], [[University of Maryland, College Park]], [[University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign]] |- | [[Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory]] (FCRAO) | [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst]], [[Massachusetts]], USA | Operated by [[UMass Amherst]] |- | [[Green Bank Telescope]] (GBT) | [[Green Bank, West Virginia|Green Bank]], [[West Virginia]], USA | World's largest fully mobile single-dish radio telescope |- | [[Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope]] (SMT) | [[Mount Graham]], [[Arizona]], USA | 10-meter radio telescope operated by [[Arizona Radio Observatory]] |- |[[James Clerk Maxwell Telescope]] |[[Mauna Kea Observatory]], [[Hawaii]], [[USA]] |15-metre submillimetre-wavelength telescope operated by the [[Joint Astronomy Centre]] |- | [[Large Millimeter Telescope]] (LMT) | Sierra Negra, [[Mexico]] | A 50 m. telescope in millimetric wavelengths, the largest single dish instrument operating at this frequencies. |- | Morehead State University 21m. | Morehead, [[Kentucky]] | A 21 m. telescope used for academic research and satellite data retrieval and control. |- | Solar monitor, two 1.8&nbsp;m dishes | [[Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory]], [[Penticton]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] | The first dish here was originally a backup for the Algonquin site, but when the AGO site was later closed its instrument moved to DRAO and became its backup. |- | [[Submillimeter Array]] (SMA) | [[Mauna Kea Observatory]], [[Hawaii]], [[USA]] | Operated jointly by the [[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory]] and the [[Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics]] of Taiwan. |- | Synthesis Telescope, seven-element [[interferometer]] | [[Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory]], [[Penticton]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] | &nbsp; |- | [[Very Large Array]] (VLA) | [[Socorro, New Mexico|Socorro]], [[New Mexico]], USA | Array of 27 [[satellite dish|dish]]es. Part of NRAO. |- | [[Very Long Baseline Array]] (VLBA) | [[Socorro, New Mexico|Socorro]], [[New Mexico]] USA<br>(operations center) | Array system of radio telescopes located in or offshore from the USA; controlled remotely from the [[Array Operations Center]]. |- | 46 [[metre]] dish | [[Algonquin Radio Observatory]], [[Algonquin Park]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] | Most recently operated by [[Natural Resources Canada]] as a member of the International [[VLBI]] Service |- | 26-m single-dish | [[Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory]], [[Penticton]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] | Formerly a [[BMEWS]] AN/FPS-92 antenna, likely re-located from [[Fort Churchill (rocket launch site)|Fort Churchill]]. |- | 12 m telescope | [[Kitt Peak National Observatory]], [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], [[Arizona]], USA | Previously operated by the [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory|NRAO]], this telescope is currently operated by the [[University of Arizona|University of Arizona's]] [[Steward Observatory]]. |- | Two 26 m dishes | [[Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute]] (PARI), [[Rosman, North Carolina]], USA | &nbsp; |} == South America == {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="20%" | Name ! width="20%" | Location ! width="59%" | Remarks |- | [[Atacama Large Millimeter Array]] (ALMA) | [[Llano de Chajnantor Observatory]], [[Atacama Desert]], [[Chile]] | 54 dishes with 12-m diameter and 12 dishes with 7-m diameter, sensitive to wavelengths between [[radio]] and [[infrared]] ([[submillimetre astronomy]]). Largest and most expensive ground-based telescope in the world until [[LOFAR]] is commenced. |- | [[Atacama Pathfinder Experiment]] (APEX) | [[Atacama Desert]], [[Chile]] | 12 m telescope located at the Chajnantor plateau, Chile |- | [[Northeastern Space Radio Observatory]] | [[Eusébio, Ceará|Eusébio]], [[Brazil]] | 14,2 m telescope based at Eusébio, Brasil |- | Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) | ESO in La Silla, Chile | 15 m telescope based at ESO in La Silla, Chile |} == Space-based == {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="20%" | Name ! width="20%" | Location ! width="59%" | Remarks |- | [[HALCA]] (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy) | Earth orbit with an [[apogee]] altitude of 21,400 km and a [[perigee]] altitude of 560 km. | &nbsp; |- | [[Zond 3]] | Russian spacecraft carrying a radio Telescope | &nbsp; |} ==See also== * [[List of observatories]] * [[Radio telescope]]s * [[:Category:Radio telescopes|Category:Radio telescopes]] == References == <div class="references-small"><references/></div> ==External links== * [http://www.nas.edu/bpa1/NonUS_Radio_Astronomy_Observatories.htm List of radio telescopes outside the US] * [http://www.nas.edu/bpa1/US_Radio_Astronomy_Observatories.htm List of radio telescopes in the US] [[Category:Radio telescopes|*List of radio telescopes]] [[Category:Lists of telescopes|radio telescopes]] [[de:Liste der Radioteleskope und Forschungsfunkstellen]] [[ja:電波望遠鏡一覧]]