A 3D tour of the Green Bank Telescope.
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A 3D tour of the Green Bank Telescope.
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Eric Korpela   Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 
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We took a GoPro Omni 360 VR camera up to the top of the Green Bank Telescope, the largest steerable radio telescope in the world. Join us on Part 1 of our journey, as we check out the telescope wheels that each carry more than a million pounds of weight, and learn about the 2004 individually controllable panels that make up the surface of the dish, which is larger than a football stadium. @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) 
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rob smith    Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22447 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 
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Whhheeeeeewwwwwwww :-) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1875540 · |
JohnDK  Send message Joined: 28 May 00 Posts: 1222 Credit: 451,243,443 RAC: 1,127 
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That`s cool. ID: 1875544 · |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13835 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 
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So impressive, I even snoozed my GPU processing to watch it. Looking forward to part 2. Grant Darwin NT ID: 1875620 · |
 tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 
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I think the Effelsberg radiotelescope of the German Max Planck Gesellschaft has also a 100 m antenna which is full steerable but it does not make any SETI research. Tullio ID: 1875725 · |
Gordon Lowe  Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0
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Cool video. I live in Kentucky, so this is the closest astronomical device to me. I'd love to drive to WV and take a look at it.  The mind is a weird and mysterious place
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Phil Burden Send message Joined: 26 Oct 00 Posts: 264 Credit: 22,303,899 RAC: 0
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I think the Effelsberg radiotelescope of the German Max Planck Gesellschaft has also a 100 m antenna which is full steerable but it does not make any SETI research. According to Wikipedia, Greenbank is the largest, Effelsberg is second, and the 1st radio telescope, the Mark 1 (or Lovell) at Jodrell Bank is the 3rd largest ;-) P. ID: 1875934 · |
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1
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They are both 100 meters large. I cannot understand why Wikipedia says that Green Bank has overtaken Effelsberg. Tullio ID: 1877843 · |
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Phil Burden Send message Joined: 26 Oct 00 Posts: 264 Credit: 22,303,899 RAC: 0
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They are both 100 meters large. I cannot understand why Wikipedia says that Green Bank has overtaken Effelsberg. That's a good point, maybe someone should re-educate Wikipedia.. P. ID: 1877862 · |
Zalster  Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242
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Just ask for credentials to edit. I've knew a few people that have done that.  
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Phil Burden Send message Joined: 26 Oct 00 Posts: 264 Credit: 22,303,899 RAC: 0
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They are both 100 meters large. I cannot understand why Wikipedia says that Green Bank has overtaken Effelsberg. Having read Wikipedias page on the Effelsberg 'scope, it would seem Green Bank is indeed larger, since it is in fact an elliptical telescope, 100m x 110m, so is in fact larger than Effelsberg. P. ID: 1877923 · |
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