300 foot Radio Telescope (Q50415007)
former radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, United States
- GBO:300ft
- The NRAO 300-foot Green Bank Telescope
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former radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, United States |
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300 foot Radio Telescope before collapsed.jpg
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The last photograph of the 300-foot showing it intact. It was taken on the afternoon of November 15, 1988, hours before the giant dish collapsed. (English)
15 November 1988
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38°25'59"N, 79°50'23"W
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1962
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15 November 1988
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October 1961
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A 300-foot meridian transit telescope began observations in October 1961 and operated until it collapsed in 1988. Its replacement, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, was dedicated on August 25, 2000. (English)
1 January 2020
15 November 1988
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A 300-foot meridian transit telescope began observations in October 1961 and operated until it collapsed in 1988. Its replacement, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, was dedicated on August 25, 2000. (English)
1 January 2020
23 August 2000
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A 300-foot meridian transit telescope began observations in October 1961 and operated until it collapsed in 1988. Its replacement, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, was dedicated on August 25, 2000. (English)
1 January 2020
Press Kit : History (English)
Green Bank Observatory (English)
Ground breaking for the GBT was in 1991, it was dedicated in 2000, and went into operation in 2003 (English)
1 January 2020
300 foot
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91 metre
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90.44 metre
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300 foot Radio Telescope
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Green Bank Telescope ( old)
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30 December 2019
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