List of radio telescopes
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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.
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== Africa ==
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| 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}}
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| [[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>
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== Asia ==
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| [[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>
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| [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
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| [http://www.shao.ac.cn/sheshan.htm Sheshan]
| [[Shanghai]]
| 25m. Operated by SHAO (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)
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| [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]].
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== Australia ==
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| [[Australia Telescope Compact Array]]
| [[Narrabri]]
| 6x22m dish [[aperture synthesis]] array, operated by ATNF ([[Australia Telescope National Facility]]). {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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| [[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.
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| Mopra Radio Telescope
| [[Mopra Observatory]] close to [[Siding Spring Observatory]], near [[Coonabarabran]], [[Australia]]
| 22 m dish, operated by ATNF ([[Australia Telescope National Facility]])
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| 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]])
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| [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]]
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| [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]]
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| [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]])
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== Europe ==
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| [[Arcminute Microkelvin Imager]]
| [[Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory]], [[Cambridge]], [[England]]
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| [[Dwingeloo Radio Observatory|Dwingeloo (CAMRAS)]]
| [[Dwingeloo]]
| 25 m steerable dish, formerly operated by [[Astron]], now in restoration by CAMRAS [http://www.camras.nl]
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| [[Effelsberg]]
| Bad Münstereifel-Effelsberg near [[Bonn]], [[Germany]]
| 100 m dish operated by [[Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie]]
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| [[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]]
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| [[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.
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| [[Lovell Telescope]]
| [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]]
| 76 m dish
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| [[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.
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| [[Mark II (radio telescope)|Mark II]]
| [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]]
| 25 m dish
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| [[Mark III (radio telescope)|Mark III]]
| [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]]
| 25 m dish; now dismantled.
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| [[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]].
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| [[Nançay Radio Telescope]] (NRT)
| [[Nançay, France|Nançay]], [[France]]
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| 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'
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| [[Plateau de Bure Interferometer]]
| Plateau de Bure, [[Grenoble]], [[France]]
| Originally an array of 3 antennas, since 2005 has 6 antennas, operating at millimeter wavelengths.
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| [[RATAN-600]]
| [[Bolshoi Zelenchuk]], [[Russia]]
| 600 m dish, operates at 610 MHz to 30 GHz, world's largest diameter individual radio telescope
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| [[Ryle Telescope]]
| [[Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory]], [[Cambridge]], [[England]]
| Eight 13 m dishes, and is currently used as one part of the [[Arcminute Microkelvin Imager]].
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| Toruń RT4 32 m
| [[Toruń Centre for Astronomy]], [[Toruń]], [[Poland]]
| RT4 (32 m) [[parabolic]] antenna
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| Toruń RT3 15 m
| [[Toruń Centre for Astronomy]], [[Toruń]], [[Poland]]
| RT3 (15 m) antenna.
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| [[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).
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| [[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]].
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| [[Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope]] (WSRT)
| [[Westerbork]], [[Netherlands]]
| Array of radio telescopes [http://www.astron.nl/]
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| 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
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| 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/
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| 32 m VLBI dish
| [[Medicina Radio Observatory]], Medicina, [[Bologna]] [[Italy]] [http://www.ira.inaf.it]
| 32 m, fully steerable dish, 1400 MHz...43 GHz
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| 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.
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| 25 m telescope
| [[Onsala Space Observatory]], [[Onsala]], [[Sweden]]
| 25 m Telescope
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| 20 m telescope
| [[Onsala Space Observatory]], [[Onsala]], [[Sweden]]
| 20 m Telescope
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| 16 m
| [[Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center]], [[Irbene]], [[Latvia]]
| 16-meter diameter antenna RT-16 http://www.virac.lv/
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| 42ft (12.8m) telescope
| [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]]
| 25 m dish; now dismantled.
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| 6.4 m teaching telescope
| [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]]
| 25 m dish; now dismantled.
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== North America ==
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| [[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]]
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| [[Arecibo Observatory]]
| [[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| World's largest single-dish radio telescope. Also known as ''Arecibo radio telescope'' or ''NAIC''
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|[[Caltech Submillimeter Observatory]]
|[[Mauna Kea Observatory]], [[Hawaii]], [[USA]]
|10.4 m (34 ft) diameter submillimeter wavelength telescope
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|[[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]]
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| [[Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory]] (FCRAO)
| [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst]], [[Massachusetts]], USA
| Operated by [[UMass Amherst]]
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| [[Green Bank Telescope]] (GBT)
| [[Green Bank, West Virginia|Green Bank]], [[West Virginia]], USA
| World's largest fully mobile single-dish radio telescope
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| [[Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope]] (SMT)
| [[Mount Graham]], [[Arizona]], USA
| 10-meter radio telescope operated by [[Arizona Radio Observatory]]
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|[[James Clerk Maxwell Telescope]]
|[[Mauna Kea Observatory]], [[Hawaii]], [[USA]]
|15-metre submillimetre-wavelength telescope operated by the [[Joint Astronomy Centre]]
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| [[Large Millimeter Telescope]] (LMT)
| Sierra Negra, [[Mexico]]
| A 50 m. telescope in millimetric wavelengths, the largest single dish instrument operating at this frequencies.
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| Morehead State University 21m.
| Morehead, [[Kentucky]]
| A 21 m. telescope used for academic research and satellite data retrieval and control.
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| Solar monitor, two 1.8 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.
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| [[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.
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| Synthesis Telescope, seven-element [[interferometer]]
| [[Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory]], [[Penticton]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
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| [[Very Large Array]] (VLA)
| [[Socorro, New Mexico|Socorro]], [[New Mexico]], USA
| Array of 27 [[satellite dish|dish]]es. Part of NRAO.
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| [[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]].
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| 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
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| 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]].
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| 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]].
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| Two 26 m dishes
| [[Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute]] (PARI), [[Rosman, North Carolina]], USA
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== South America ==
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| [[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.
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| [[Atacama Pathfinder Experiment]] (APEX)
| [[Atacama Desert]], [[Chile]]
| 12 m telescope located at the Chajnantor plateau, Chile
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| [[Northeastern Space Radio Observatory]]
| [[Eusébio, Ceará|Eusébio]], [[Brazil]]
| 14,2 m telescope based at Eusébio, Brasil
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| Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST)
| ESO in La Silla, Chile
| 15 m telescope based at ESO in La Silla, Chile
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== Space-based ==
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| [[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.
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| [[Zond 3]]
| Russian spacecraft carrying a radio Telescope
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==See also==
* [[List of observatories]]
* [[Radio telescope]]s
* [[:Category:Radio telescopes|Category:Radio telescopes]]
== References ==
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==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]]
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