American astronomical observatory
Observatory
The Green Bank Observatory (previously National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank ) is an
astronomical observatory located in the
National Radio Quiet Zone in
Green Bank , West Virginia, U.S. It is the operator of the
Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope , the world's largest fully steerable
radio telescope .
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The observatory was established as the
National Science Foundation 's (NSF)
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in 1956 and made its first observations in 1958.
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[5] It served as the NRAO's headquarters until 1966, after which the facility was known as the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank.
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In October 2016, the observatory became an independent institution following a 2012 recommendation that the NSF fully divest itself from the facility by October 1, 2016.
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Green Bank Observatory subsequently retained partial NSF funding, established private contracts, and formed a partnership with
West Virginia University .
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[4] It is operated by the
nonprofit
Associated Universities, Inc. , under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
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Active telescopes
Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope
Historic and other telescopes
300-ft Telescope day of collapse
Day after collapse
See also
References
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ISSN
1078-3148 .
OCLC
24479723 . Retrieved January 1, 2020 .
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"Timeline for Green Bank Observatory" . Green Bank Observatory . September 21, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2020 .
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Library of Congress .
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"Green Bank Observatory Goes Independent" . SkyAndTelescope.com . Retrieved July 20, 2017 .
^ Steelhammer, Rick (February 26, 2016).
"Funding for Green Bank Observatory falls" .
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"Green Bank Observatory: The Making of an American Astronomy Icon" . AstronomyNow.com . Retrieved July 20, 2017 .
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b Stump, Jake (July 30, 2019).
"Green Bank Observatory, site for breakthrough WVU research and teaching, to remain open" (Press release). Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University. WVU Research Communications. Retrieved December 30, 2019 .
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"Telescopes: The Telescopes of the GBO" . Green Bank Observatory . May 17, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2020 .
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"Green Bank Telescope ( old)" .
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"300-foot Telescope" .
National Radio Astronomy Observatory . Retrieved December 15, 2020 .
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"Project Ozma" .
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Concepts
Radio telescopes (
List )
Individual telescopes Interferometers
Allen Telescope Array (ATA, California, US )
Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA, Chile )
Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA, Australia )
Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP, Australia )
Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME, Canada )
Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA, California, US )
European VLBI Network (Europe)
Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT, India )
Green Bank Interferometer (GBI, West Virginia, US )
Korean VLBI Network (KVN, South Korea )
Large Latin American Millimeter Array (LLAMA, Argentina/Brazil )
Long Wavelength Array (LWA, New Mexico, US )
Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR, Netherlands )
MeerKAT (South Africa )
Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST, Australia )
Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN, UK )
Murchison Widefield Array (MWA, Australia )
Northern Cross Radio Telescope (Italy )
Northern Extended Millimeter Array (France )
One-Mile Telescope (UK)
Primeval Structure Telescope (PaST, China )
Square Kilometre Array (SKA, Australia, South Africa )
Submillimeter Array (SMA, US )
Very Large Array (VLA, New Mexico, US )
Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA, US )
Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT, Netherlands )
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