The 100 Meter Green Bank Radio Telescope
Explanation:
The largest single-dish fully steerable
radio telescope
began operation in 2000 August in
Green Bank,
West Virginia,
USA.
Dedicated as the
Robert C. Byrd
Green Bank Telescope, the device weighs over 30 times more than the
Statue of Liberty, and yet can
point
anywhere in the
sky more precisely than
one thousandth of a
degree.
The main dish is so large that it could house a
football game, allowing it to hear even the faint murmurs of
quasars located across the universe.
Anyone can propose to use the
Green Bank Telescope,
although formal
proposals are reviewed competitively.
The
Green Bank Telescope's large size and
innovative design are allowing it to investigate
radio waves emitted from
comets,
planets,
pulsars,
distant galaxies,
and the
distant early universe.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
