Hat Creek Radio Observatory
The Hat Creek Radio Observatory is operated by the SETI Institute in the Western United States. The observatory is home to the Allen Telescope Array and one of the three CHIME FRB outriggers, as well a number of other smaller telescopes and instruments.Photo: AlexanderP87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: Monday—Friday 9:00 AM—3:00 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: observatory
- Also known as: “HCRO” and “SETI Hat Creek Observatory”
- Address: 42231 Bidwell Road, 96040
Hat Creek Radio Observatory
- Categories: radio astronomy observatory, tourism, and observatory
- Location: Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.81725° or 40° 49′ 2″ northLongitude
-121.46898° or 121° 28′ 8″ westOperator
SRI InternationalOpen location code
84GWRG8J+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4968593522OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1043942
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Ukrainian—“Hat Creek Radio Observatory” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد راديو هات كريك”
- French: “observatoire radio de Hat Creek”
- French: “Observatoire radio de Hat Creek”
- German: “Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association”
- German: “Hat-Creek-Radioobservatorium”
- Irish: “Réadlann Radairéalteolaíochta Hat Creek”
- Japanese: “ハットクリーク電波天文台”
- Korean: “햇크릭 전파 천문대”
- Korean: “햇크릭 천문대”
- Korean: “햇크릭천문대”
- Slovenian: “Radijski observatorij Hat Creek”
- Ukrainian: “Радіообсерваторія Гет-Крік”
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