Green Bank Telescope
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.
- Type: Building
- Description: radio telescope
- Also known as: “100m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope”, “100m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Teleskobu”, “GBT”, “GBT望遠鏡”, “Green Bank radioteleskop”, “Green Bank teleskop”, “Green-Bank-Observatoire”, “Observatoire de green bank”, “Radiotélescope de green bank”, “Radiotélescope de Green Bank”, “Radiotélescope De Green Bank”, “Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope”, “Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Teleskobu”, “teleskop v Green Bank”, “Грин-Бэнкский телескоп”, “Радиотелескоп Грин-Бэнк”, “綠堤電波望遠鏡”, “綠岸射電望遠鏡”, “綠岸望遠鏡”, “绿堤望远镜”, “绿岸射电望远镜”, “葛林·班克天文台”, and “葛林·班克天文臺”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Green Bank 85-3 telescope and 40-foot radio telescope.
Green Bank 85-3 telescope
Building
40-foot radio telescope
Building
The 40-foot radio telescope at Green Bank Observatory… 40-foot radio telescope is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Green Bank Telescope.
Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope
Building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Green Bank and Arbovale.
Arbovale
Hamlet
Arbovale is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.
Nida
Hamlet
Nida is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Nida is situated 3 miles northwest of Green Bank Telescope.
Green Bank Telescope
- Categories: radio telescope, Gregorian telescope, and Off-axis illumination
- Location: Pocahontas, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.43318° or 38° 25′ 59″ north
Longitude
-79.83972° or 79° 50′ 23″ west
Established
1991
Height
584 feet (178 metres)
Operator
Green Bank Observatory
Named after
Open location code
87C2C5M6+74
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=scientific
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=telescope
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Green Bank Telescope” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գրին-Բենկի ռադիոաստղադիտարան”
- Azerbaijani: “Qrin Benk teleskopu”
- Bulgarian: “Грийн Банк (телескоп)”
- Bulgarian: “Грийн Банк”
- Catalan: “telescopi de Green Bank”
- Chinese: “GBT望远镜”
- Chinese: “格林班克望远镜”
- Chinese: “綠堤望遠鏡”
- Chinese: “綠岸天文望遠鏡”
- Chinese: “绿岸望远镜”
- Croatian: “Green Bank radio teleskop”
- Croatian: “Radioteleskop Roberta C. Byrda u Green Banku”
- Czech: “radioteleskop v Green Bank”
- Dutch: “Green Bank Telescoop”
- Dutch: “Green Bank Telescope”
- French: “observatoire de Green Bank”
- French: “Observatoire de Green Bank”
- German: “Green-Bank-Teleskop”
- Italian: “radiotelescopio di Green Bank”
- Italian: “Radiotelescopio di Green Bank”
- Japanese: “グリーンバンク望遠鏡”
- Lithuanian: “Džodrel Banko observatorija”
- Luxembourgish: “Green Bank-Observatoire”
- Persian: “رادیو تلسکوپ گرین بنک”
- Polish: “Radioteleskop Green Bank”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de Green Bank”
- Romanian: “Telescopul Green Bank”
- Russian: “Грин-Бэнк”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Green Bank radio teleskop”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Teleskop Green Bank”
- Slovenian: “teleskop Green Bank”
- Spanish: “Telescopio de Green Bank”
- Turkish: “Green Bank Teleskobu”
- Ukrainian: “Грін-Банкський телескоп”
- Vietnamese: “Kính viễn vọng Green Bank”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: NRAO Green Bank Airport and Green Bank Public Library.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Interferometer Control Building and 140′ Telescope.
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