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Operating Telescopes
Karl Menten maintains a »Deadline List for some of the more important telescopes. Another »Deadline List can be found at RAIUB.
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APEX This Telescope nearby San Pedro de Atacama, Chile was dedicated to the scientific comunity in summer 2005. While its erection was lead by us the operation is handled by »ESO. |
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»Effelsberg 100m-Telescope The telescope is located only some dozen kilometers away from our institute and therefore can be considered as a major workhorse. |
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»IRAM 30m-Telescope at Pico Veleta The 30m-telescope at Granada, Spain is operated by »IRAM. We supplied the MAMBO bolometer array operated at this telescope. |
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»IRAM Interferometer at Plateau de Bure The interferometer nearby Grenoble, France is operated by »IRAM. |
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»Submillimeter Array The interferometer on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, is a joint venture bewteen the »Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and »Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics. |
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»Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope Observatory This telescope at Mt. Graham, Arizona is operated by »Steward Observatory. |
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»Caltech Submillimeter Observatory This telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii is operated by the »Caltech Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Group. |
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»Very Large Array This interferometer nearby Socorro, New Mexico is operated by »NRAO. |
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»Very Long Baseline Array This interferometer consists of ten radio antennas spread across the United States and its territories. It is operated by »NRAO. |
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»European VLBI Network This organization coordinates VLBI observations involving European telescopes. |
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»MERLIN MERLIN, operated by Jodrell Bank Observatory, is the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network, an array of radio telescopes distributed around Great Britain. It operates at frequencies ranging from 151 MHz to 24 GHz. At 5GHz, the resolution of MERLIN is better than 50 milliarcseconds, somewhat greater than that of the Hubble Space Telescope. |
Decomissioned Telescopes
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»SEST This telescope at the La Silla observatory, Chile was operated by »ESO. It was decomissioned in summer 2003. |
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»ISO The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was in operation between November 1995 and May 1998. The satellite was operated by »ESA. |
Planned Telescopes
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»SOFIA This observatory is installed inside a plane and is expected to become operational in 2004. It is operated by »NASA. Further Information: »SOFIA eNewsletter for Scientists |
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»Herschel (FIRST) This satellite is expected to be launched in 2007. It is operated by »ESA. |
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»ALMA This interferometer is expected to become operational by about 2010. This is a joint project by »ESO and »NRAO. |
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