National Radio Astronomy Observatory

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is since 1956 a federally funded research and development center of the United States National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. for the purpose of radio astronomy.
public.nrao.edu
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  • Radio observatory
  • …lies at an elevation of 610 feet (186 metres)
  • …is also known as “NRAO”
  • …is abbreviated as “NRAO”
  • Description: research and development center

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, in full The Carl Smith Center, home of David A. is situated 2,500 feet southeast of National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
Observatory Hill is a mountain located just outside…

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Nearby places include University of Virginia and Bellair.
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory

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Latitude
38.03681° or 38° 2′ 13″ north
Longitude
-78.51807° or 78° 31′ 5″ west
Open location code
87C32FPJ+PQ
Geo­Names ID
4775492
Wiki­data ID
Q1967618

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“National Radio Astronomy Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ազգային ռադիոաստղադիտարան”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальная радыёастранамічная абсэрваторыя”
  • Catalan: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Catalan: “NRAO”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Nacional de Radioastronomia”
  • Chinese: “国家射电天文台”
  • Chinese: “国立射电天文台”
  • Chinese: “绿堤天文台”
  • Chinese: “绿岸天文台”
  • Chinese: “美国国家射电天文台”
  • Chinese: “美国国立射电天文台”
  • Czech: “Národní radioastronomická observatoř”
  • Dutch: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Radia Astronomia Observatorio”
  • Esperanto: “NRAO”
  • French: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • French: “NRAO”
  • German: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • German: “NRAO”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הלאומי לרדיו אסטרונומיה”
  • Indonesian: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Náisiúnta Radairéalteolaíochta”
  • Italian: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Japanese: “NRAO”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ国立電波天文台”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ電波天文学会”
  • Korean: “미국국립전파천문대”
  • Luxembourgish: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Persian: “رصدخانهٔ ملی رادیویی آمریکا”
  • Persian: “رصدخانهٔ ملی رادیویی ایالات متحده”
  • Polish: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Polish: “NRAO”
  • Portuguese: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Romanian: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Russian: “NRAO”
  • Russian: “Национальная радиоастрономическая обсерватория”
  • Slovenian: “Nacionalni radioastronomski observatorij”
  • Slovenian: “NRAO”
  • Spanish: “National Radio Astronomy Observatory”
  • Spanish: “NRAO”
  • Turkish: “NRAO”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Radyo Astronomi Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна радіоастрономічна обсерваторія”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل ریڈیو اسٹرونومی رصدگاہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn vô tuyến quốc gia”
  • Vietnamese: “NRAO”

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