Article ID: CBB001221505

The Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope: Construction and Forty Years of Radio Astronomy (2011)

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The Effelsberg 100-m dish represents a major breakthrough in the technology of radio telescope construction. Using new methods of computation a big step in the direction of improved surface accuracy for large structures was achieved. In conjunction with the decision to build the 100-m radio telescope the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) founded the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn. The MPIfR grew out of the Bonn University Astronomy Department to become one of the leading institutes for radio astronomy in the world. This new institute received strong support from the MPG in the form of new positions and operating funds. As a result, the 100-m radio telescope could be quickly opened up for astronomical observations. The technical divisions provided state-of-the-art receivers and astronomical software. Teams of astronomical researchers made inroads in several important directions of astronomical research. Over the years virtually all the observing methods of radio astronomy were implemented at Effelsberg. In later years the MPIfR became involved in mm, sub-mm and infrared astronomy research. However, the 100-m radio telescope remained the `work horse' of the Institute. The Effelsberg Radio Telescope will celebrate its 40th anniversary of operations in May 2011 and is still going strong. The observations with the 100-m radio telescope have resulted in thousands of publications. It has served several generations of radio astronomers and has given hundreds of students the opportunity to complete doctoral degrees. The 100-m radio telescope has been upgraded continuously, is in excellent condition and can look to a further period as an important research instrument.

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Description On a project of the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie.


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Authors & Contributors
Orchiston, Wayne
Steinberg, Jean-Louis
Wolf, Edward D.
Filippoupoliti, Anastasia
Zijlstra, Albert A.
Staubermann, K. B.
Concepts
Telescopes
Astronomy
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Instruments, astronomical
Radio astronomy
Astronomical observatories
Time Periods
20th century, late
19th century
20th century
21st century
18th century
17th century
Places
Germany
United States
Netherlands
France
Australia
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Institutions
Osservatorio astronomico universitario di Bologna
Zeiss (Carl) Optische Werkstätte, Jena
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.)
Royal Astronomical Society
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank
École Normale Supérieure, Paris
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