Reber Radio Telescope
The Reber Radio Telescope is a historic radio telescope, located at the Green Bank Observatory near Green Bank, West Virginia, United States. Built in 1937 in Illinois by the astronomer Grote Reber, it was the first purpose-built parabolic radio telescope.Photo: Jarekt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: historic radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Grote Reber Radio Telescope” and “Reber Telescope”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Green Bank Jansky Antenna and Green Bank 45ft telescope.
Green Bank Jansky Antenna
Building
Photo: Jarekt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Green Bank Jansky Antenna is a building, which is situated 530 feet northeast of Reber Radio Telescope.
Green Bank 45ft telescope
Building
Photo: Jarekt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Green Bank 45ft telescope is a building, which is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Reber 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 1¼ miles west of Reber Radio Telescope.
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 4 miles northwest of Reber Radio Telescope.
Reber Radio Telescope
- Categories: radio telescope and historic site
- Location: Pocahontas, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.43048° or 38° 25′ 50″ northLongitude
-79.81736° or 79° 49′ 3″ westNamed after
Grote ReberOpen location code
87C2C5JM+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 567072341OpenStreetMap feature
building=scientificOpenStreetMap feature
historic=telescopeOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=telescopeWikidata ID
Q7302126
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Ukrainian—“Reber Radio Telescope” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Radaiteileascóp Reber”
- Italian: “radiotelescopio Reber”
- Japanese: “レーバー電波望遠鏡”
- Spanish: “Radiotelescopio Grote Reber”
- Spanish: “Radiotelescopio Reber”
- Ukrainian: “Радіотелескоп Ребера”
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