Brough Green Hell 2004
August 22nd - 28th 2004
Eifel, Germany
Highlights
The Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
The Effelsberg 100-meter Radio Telescope is one of the World's largest fully steerable instruments. This extreme-precision antenna operates up to a wavelength of 3 millimeters. It is used exclusively for research in radio astronomy, both as a stand-alone instrument and regularly for global Very Long Baseline Interferometry experiments. Access to the radio telescope is open to all qualified scientists based on scientific peer review. The telescope is located near Bad Münstereifel-Effelsberg, 40 km southwest of Bonn, Germany. The precise location is: Longitude 6°53'0.3" East and Latitude 50°31'30" North; the Altitude (track level) is 319m.
Log onto the website at www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de for more informations.
