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300 foot Radio Telescope

former radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, United States

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  • The NRAO 300-foot Green Bank Telescope
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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
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
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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 Radio Telescope
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Green Bank Telescope ( old)
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