Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
The 100-Meter Green Bank Radio Telescope
Explanation:
The largest single-dish fully steerable radio telescope [ http://www.aoc.nrao…] began operation in 2000 August in Green Bank [ http://www.nrao.edu…], West Virginia [ http://www.state.wv…], USA [ http://www.cia.gov/…]. Dedicated as the Robert C. Byrd [ http://www.senate.g…] Green Bank Telescope, the device weighs over 30 times more than the Statue of Liberty [ http://www.libertys…], and yet can point anywhere in the sky [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] more precisely than one thousandth of a degree [ http://aleph0.clark…]. The main dish is so large that it could house a football game, allowing it to hear even the faint murmurs of quasars [ http://www.phys.vt.…] located across the universe. Anyone can propose to use the Green Bank Telescope [ http://www.gb.nrao.…], although formal proposals [ http://www.nrao.edu…] are reviewed competitively. The Green Bank Telescope [ http://adsabs.harva…]'s large size and innovative design [ http://www.gb.nrao.…] are allowing it to investigate radio waves [ http://imagers.gsfc…] emitted from comets [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], planets [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], pulsars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], distant galaxies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and the distant early universe [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Credit and Copyright:
NRAO [ http://www.nrao.edu/], NSF [ http://www.nsf.gov]
keyword:
telescope
keyword:
radio astronomy
facet_when:
2000
facet_where:
Virginia
facet_where:
West Virginia
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
COMETS
facet_when_year:
2000
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap020311

The 100-Meter Green Bank Radio Telescope
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