Argentine Institute of Radio Astronomy

Argentine Institute of Radio Astronomy
Twin 30 m telescopes at the IAR
Alternative names	IAR
Location	Berazategui Partido, Argentina
Coordinates	34°52′01″S 58°08′24″W / 34.867°S 58.14°W / -34.867; -58.14Coordinates: 34°52′01″S 58°08′24″W / 34.867°S 58.14°W / -34.867; -58.14
Altitude	20 m (66 ft)
Website	www.iar.unlp.edu.ar
Telescopes	IAR 30m telescopes Large Latin American Millimeter Array
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The Argentine Institute of Radio Astronomy (Spanish: Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, IAR) was jointly established by the National Scientific and Technical Research Council, the National University of La Plata and the University of Buenos Aires. Its functions are to promote and coordinate research and technical development of radio astronomy and collaborate in teaching.

In the year 1963, construction began on the first 30 m telescope under the direction of Carlos Varsavsky. The observatory entered service on March 26, 1966.

The IAR participates in the Long Latin American Millimeter Array,^[1] and will join the Cherenkov Telescope Array project, using a site either near San Antonio de los Cobres or at the Leoncito Astronomical Complex.

References

↑ Long Latin American Millimeter Array

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Radio astronomy

Concepts

Astronomical interferometer (History)
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)
Radio telescope (Radio window)
Astronomical radio source
Units (watt and jansky)

Radio telescopes (List)

Individual telescopes	RATAN-600 Radio Telescope (Russia) 500 m Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST, China) Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico, US) Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO, US) Effelsberg Telescope (Germany) Large Millimeter Telescope (Mexico) Yevpatoria RT-70 (Ukraine) Galenki RT-70 (Russia) Suffa RT-70 (Uzbekistan) Green Bank Telescope (West Virginia, US) Lovell Telescope (UK) Ooty Telescope (India) UTR-2 decameter radio telescope (Ukraine) Sardinia Radio Telescope (Italy) Usuda Telescope (Japan) Qitai Radio Telescope (China) Southern Hemisphere HartRAO (South Africa) Parkes Observatory (Australia) Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory (NZ)
Interferometers	Allen Telescope Array (ATA, California, US) Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA, Chile) Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA, Australia) Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP, Australia) Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME, Canada) Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA, California, US) European VLBI Network (Europe) Green Bank Interferometer (GBI, West Virginia, US) Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT, India) Korean VLBI Network (KVN, South Korea) Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR, Netherlands) MeerKAT (South Africa) Large Latin American Millimeter Array (LLAMA, Argentina/Brazil) Murchison Widefield Array (MWA, Australia) Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN, UK) Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST, Australia) Northern Cross Radio Telescope (Italy) Northern Extended Millimeter Array (France) One-Mile Telescope (UK) Primeval Structure Telescope (PaST, China) Square Kilometre Array (SKA, Australia, South Africa) Submillimeter Array (SMA, US) Very Large Array (VLA, New Mexico, US) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA, US) Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT, Netherlands)
Space-based telescopes	Spektr-R (Russia) HALCA (Japan)

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