Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope
The Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in the Ahr Hills in Bad Münstereifel, Germany. Inaugurated in 1972, for 29 years the Effelsberg Radio Telescope was the largest fully steerable radio telescope on Earth, surpassing the Lovell Telescope in the UK.- Tourist attraction
- …is also known as “Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope”
- …is operated by Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie
- Description: radio telescope in Germany
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Martin and St. Stephan.
St. Martin
Church
St. Martin is a church, which is situated 1 km east of Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope.
St. Stephan
Church
St. Stephan is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope.
Hochthürmerberg
Peak
The Hochthürmerberg, is a hill, 499.9 m above sea level, in the Eifel region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Effelsberg and Holzem.
Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope
- Categories
- Location
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
50.52483° or 50° 31′ 29″ north
Longitude
6.88361° or 6° 53′ 1″ east
Open location code
9F28GVFM+WC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=telescope
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃弗尔斯贝格射电望远镜”
- Chinese: “埃弗爾斯貝格射電望遠鏡”
- Croatian: “Effelsberg radio teleskop”
- Croatian: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
- Czech: “Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope”
- Czech: “radioteleskop Effelsberg”
- Czech: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
- Dutch: “Radiotelescoop Effelsberg”
- Esperanto: “Effelsbergo”
- French: “Radiotelescope d’Effelsberg”
- French: “Radiotélescope d’Effelsberg”
- German: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
- Irish: “Radaiteileascóp Effelsberg 100-m”
- Italian: “radiotelescopio Effelsberg”
- Italian: “Radiotelescopio Effelsberg”
- Japanese: “エフェルスベルク電波望遠鏡”
- Japanese: “エフェルスベルグ電波望遠鏡”
- Lithuanian: “Efelsbergo radioteleskopas”
- Luxembourgish: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Effelsberg radioastronomiske observatorium”
- Persian: “تلسکوپ افلزبرگ”
- Polish: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
- Romanian: “Radiotelescopul Effelsberg”
- Russian: “Радиотелескоп Эффельсберг”
- Russian: “Эффельсбергский радиотелескоп”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Radio-teleskop Effelsberg”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
- Spanish: “Effelsberg”
- Ukrainian: “Еффельсберзький радіотелескоп”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kapelle Seligen and Friedhof Kirchsahr.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Galaxy path beginning and Radioobservatorium.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.