Reber Radio Telescope
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| Reber Radio Telescope | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
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| Nearest city: | Green Bank, West Virginia |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1937 |
| Architect: | Grote Reber |
| Designated as NHL: | December 20, 1989[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | November 09, 1972[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 72001291 |
| Governing body: | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
Reber Radio Telescope is a parabolic radio astronomy device. It is significant for its pioneering of radio astronomy.
Grote Reber was an amateur astronomer who built this telescope in Illinois in 1937, implementing a proposal of Karl Jansky, discoverer of radio waves emanating from the Milky Way. It was the first such telescope, and was the only one in use until after World War II.
The telescope was later moved to Sterling, Virginia, then later to Boulder, Colorado, and finally to Green Bank, West Virginia.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[1][3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Reber Radio Telescope. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Harry Butowsky (May 1, 1989), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Reber Radio TelescopePDF (475 KiB), National Park Service and Accompanying 3 photos: from 1962, from c.1960 (with Grote Reber), and one of Karl Jansky, another astronomy pioneer with his radio antennae, from c.1930.PDF (738 KiB)
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