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Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope

(German large single-dish radio telescope)

The Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in western Germany that has been in operation since 1972. It has mechanisms to adjust the shape the reflector, to maintain a useful parabolic shape counteracting the sagging from gravity when it is aimed in varying directions. Its frequencies of operation include 1.4, 10, and 86 GHz.


(telescope,radio,ground,Germany)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effelsberg_100-m_Radio_Telescope
https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/en/effelsberg
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011JAHH...14....3W/abstract

Referenced by pages:
European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA)
Galactic All-sky Survey (GASS)
High Time Resolution Universe Survey (HTRU)

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