| Name |
Location |
Remarks |
| Australia Telescope Compact Array |
Narrabri |
6x22m dish aperture synthesis array, operated by ATNF Australia Telescope National Facility.[citation needed] |
| Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) |
Molonglo (near Canberra, Australia) |
Operated by the School of Physics at the University of Sydney. East-west arm of the former Molonglo Cross Telescope, approximately 800 m in length. Operates at 843 MHz. |
| Mopra Radio Telescope |
Mopra Observatory close to Siding Spring Observatory, near Coonabarabran, Australia |
22 m dish, operated by ATNF (Australia Telescope National Facility) |
| Parkes Radio Telescope |
Parkes Observatory, Parkes, Australia |
64 m Telescope (2nd largest movable dish in the Southern Hemisphere), operated by ATNF Australia Telescope National Facility |
| Mt Pleasant Radio Observatory |
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
26 m Telescope, operated by the University of Tasmania |
| Ceduna Radio Observatory |
Ceduna, South Australia, Australia |
30 m Telescope, operated by the University of Tasmania |
| Name |
Location |
Remarks |
| Arcminute Microkelvin Imager |
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, England |
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| Dwingeloo (CAMRAS) |
Dwingeloo |
25 m steerable dish, formerly operated by Astron, now in restoration by CAMRAS [1] |
| Effelsberg |
Bad Münstereifel-Effelsberg near Bonn, Germany |
100 m dish operated by Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie |
| European VLBI Network (EVN) |
Distributed across Europe with members located in China, S. Africa and USA |
VLBI array operated by the European Consortium for VLBI |
| Lovell Telescope |
Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, England |
76 m dish |
| LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) |
Netherlands, Germany |
Low Frequency Array, |
| Mark II |
Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, England |
25 m dish |
| Mark III |
Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, England |
25 m dish; now dismantled. |
| MERLIN (Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network) |
UK |
Consists of the Cambridge 32 m at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Darnhall, Defford, Tabley (also known as Pickmere) and Knockin. Also includes the Lovell and Mark II telescopes at Jodrell Bank. |
| Nançay Radio Telescope (NRT) |
Nançay, France |
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| Northern Cross |
Medicina Radio Observatory, Medicina, Bologna Italy [2] |
32000 m² Interferometer, cyl-paraboloid steerable over NS., 408 MHz, Beam=3' |
| RATAN-600 |
Bolshoi Zelenchuk, Russia |
600 m dish, operates at 610 MHz to 30 GHz, world's largest diameter individual radio telescope |
| Ryle Telescope |
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, England |
Eight 13 m dishes, and is currently used as one part of the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. |
| Toruń RT4 32 m |
Toruń Centre for Astronomy, Toruń, Poland |
RT4 (32 m) parabolic antenna |
| Toruń RT3 15 m |
Toruń Centre for Astronomy, Toruń, Poland |
RT3 (15 m) antenna. |
| Ukrainian T-shaped Radio telescope, second modification (UTR-2) |
Grakovo, Kharkiv, Ukraine |
World's largest radio telescope at decametre wavelengths (max. collective area 150 000 m²). |
| Very Small Array (VSA) |
Observatorio del Teide, Canary Islands, Spain |
Array of 14 dishes, with two larger source-subtraction dishes. Controlled remotely from UK. |
| Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) |
Westerbork, Netherlands |
Array of radio telescopes [3] |
| Yebes RT 40 m |
Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Yebes (Guadalajara), Spain [4] |
40 m parabolic steerable radiotelescope for mm and cm wavelenghts |
| 32 m |
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center, Irbene, Latvia |
32-meter fully steerable parabolic, centimetre-wave range antenna RT-32 http://www.virac.lv/ |
| 32 m VLBI dish |
Medicina Radio Observatory, Medicina, Bologna Italy [5] |
32 m, fully steerable dish, 1400 MHz...43 GHz |
| 32 m VLBI dish |
Noto Radio Observatory, Noto, Italy, [6] |
32 m, fully steerable dish, 300 MHz...86 GHz. It operate as a part of Astronomic and geodetic VLBI network and as single dish. |
| 25 m telescope |
Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala, Sweden |
25 m Telescope |
| 20 m telescope |
Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala, Sweden |
20 m Telescope |
| 16 m |
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center, Irbene, Latvia |
16-meter diameter antenna RT-16 http://www.virac.lv/ |
| 42ft (12.8m) telescope |
Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, England |
25 m dish; now dismantled. |
| 6.4 m teaching telescope |
Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, England |
25 m dish; now dismantled. |
| Name |
Location |
Remarks |
| Allen Telescope Array |
Hat Creek Radio Observatory, Hat Creek, California, USA |
42 6-m gregorian offset dishes using log periodic cooled feed covering .5GHz - 11.5GHz. Operated by joint agreement between Radio Astronomy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley and the SETI Institute |
| Arecibo Observatory |
Arecibo, Puerto Rico |
World's largest single-dish radio telescope. Also known as Arecibo radio telescope or NAIC |
| Caltech Submillimeter Observatory |
Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA |
10.4 m (34 ft) diameter submillimeter wavelength telescope |
| Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) |
Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Big Pine, California, USA |
Heterogeneous interferometer array composed of 6 10-m elements, 9 6-m elements, covering frequencies ranging from 75-115GHz, ~230, and ~345GHz. Operated by joint agreements between Radio Astronomy Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, Caltech, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory (FCRAO) |
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA |
Operated by UMass Amherst |
| Green Bank Telescope (GBT) |
Green Bank, West Virginia, USA |
World's largest fully mobile single-dish radio telescope |
| James Clerk Maxwell Telescope |
Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA |
15-metre submillimetre-wavelength telescope operated by the Joint Astronomy Centre |
| Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) |
Sierra Negra, Mexico |
A 50 m. telescope in millimetric wavelengths, the largest single dish instrument operating at this frequencies. |
| Morehead State University 21m. |
Morehead, Kentucky |
A 21 m. telescope used for academic research and satellite data retrieval and control. |
| Solar monitor, two 1.8 m dishes |
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada |
The first dish here was originally a backup for the Algonquin site, but when the AGO site was later closed its instrument moved to DRAO and became its backup. |
| Submillimeter Array (SMA) |
Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA |
Operated jointly by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics of Taiwan. |
| Synthesis Telescope, seven-element interferometer |
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Very Large Array (VLA) |
Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
Array of 27 dishes. Part of NRAO. |
| Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) |
Socorro, New Mexico USA
(operations center) |
Array system of radio telescopes located in or offshore from the USA; controlled remotely from the Array Operations Center. |
| 46 metre dish |
Algonquin Radio Observatory, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada |
Most recently operated by Natural Resources Canada as a member of the International VLBI Service |
| 26-m single-dish |
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada |
Formerly a BMEWS AN/FPS-92 antenna, likely re-located from Fort Churchill. |
| 12 m telescope |
Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Arizona, USA |
Previously operated by the NRAO, this telescope is currently operated by the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory. |
| Two 26 m dishes |
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI), Rosman, North Carolina, USA |
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