Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope
Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope is a building in Pocahontas, West Virginia. Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope is situated nearby to the building 40-foot radio telescope, as well as near Green Bank 45ft telescope.
- Type: Building
- Description: radio telescope
- Also known as: “85-1” and “Tatel 85′ Telescope”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 40-foot radio telescope and Green Bank Telescope.
40-foot radio telescope
Building
The 40-foot radio telescope at Green Bank Observatory in the U.S. state of West Virginia was constructed in 1961, and started observing a selection of variable radio sources in the same year, completing its observations in 1968. 40-foot radio telescope is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope.
Green Bank Telescope
Building
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, US is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, surpassing the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany. Green Bank Telescope is situated 3,400 feet west of Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope.
Green Bank 45ft telescope
Building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arbovale and Green Bank.
Arbovale
Hamlet
Arbovale is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Arbovale is 12 miles south of Durbin. Arbovale had a post office, which closed on March 3, 2007.
Green Bank
Village
Green Bank is a census-designated place in Pocahontas County in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands inside the Allegheny Mountain Range. Green Bank is located along WV 28.
Hosterman
Hamlet
Hosterman is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Hosterman is located on the Greenbrier River, 5.5 miles south-southwest of Durbin. Hosterman is situated 3 miles northwest of Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope.
Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope
- Category: radio telescope
- Location: Pocahontas, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.4359° or 38° 26′ 9″ north
Longitude
-79.82818° or 79° 49′ 41″ west
Named after
Open location code
87C2C5PC+9P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=telescope
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Slovenian—“Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Radaiteileascóp Howard E. Tatel”
- Slovenian: “radioteleskop Howarda E. Tatela”
- Slovenian: “Tatelov radioteleskop”
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Highlights include NRAO Green Bank Airport and Arbovale Cemetery.
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