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Effelsberg Radio Telescope

The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy's 100-meter steerable dish, used for pulsars, magnetic fields, molecular spectroscopy, galaxies, and very-long-baseline interferometry.

Identity

Name
Effelsberg Radio Telescope
Region
EU
Slug
effelsberg-radio-telescope
Type
observatory

Details

Description
The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy's 100-meter steerable dish, used for pulsars, magnetic fields, molecular spectroscopy, galaxies, and very-long-baseline interferometry.
Latitude
50.5180971
Location
Radioteleskop Effelsberg, Max-Planck-Straße, Lethert, Effelsberg, Bad Münstereifel, Kreis Euskirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 53902, Deutschland
Longitude
6.8757318
Operational Status
operational
Ownership
public

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Creation Time
7/11/2026, 9:21:14 PM
Updated Time
7/11/2026, 9:21:14 PM