Radio
Links
The Very Small Array (VSA)
http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/vsa/
in Tenerife (Canary Islands). Designed to study fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) thought to originate from the period immediately following the big bang. Operated by Cambridge and Manchester Universities (UK).
Metsähovi Radio Observatory
A research institute of the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NARO)
Research facility of National Science Foundation, operates many radio telescope observatories.
Effelsberg Telescope
http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/effelsberg/index_e.html
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, the 100 m antenna of Effelsberg in Bonn, Germany, operated since August 1972.
Atacama Large Millimetre Array Project (ALMA)
An array with a collecting area of up to 10,000 square meters. With baselines foreseen to extend to 10 Km, the angular resolution provided by the new instrument will be that of a diffraction limited 4m optical telescope.
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center (VIRAC)
The main purpose is to take part in observations at high angular resolution of faint sources of cosmic natural and artificial radiation. Overview, photographs, staff, papers, news, and related links. In Latvia.
Submillimeter Array (SMA)
An eight element submillimeter interferometer being constructed on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
Very Large Array (VLA)
A 36-km diameter radio telescope consisting of 27 individual dishes arranged in a Y shape. Featured in the films 2001 and Contact (the latter half).
KOSMA (University of Cologne)
http://www.ph1.uni-koeln.de/gg/
Information on the telescope, research projects, observation results, weather, documentation, schedule and contact details.
Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry in Europe
JIVE was created by the European Consortium for VLBI and its primary task is to operate the EVN MkIV VLBI Data Processor (correlator) as well as provides a high-level of support to astronomers and the Telescope Network. JIVE is hosted by the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy. Offers information on research, and contact information.
The Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
http://www.drao-ofr.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/
DRAO operates a seven-antenna synthesis telescope (ST), a 26-meter telescope, and a 10-cm solar flux monitor and is a member of the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey, Other projects include the JCMT correlator , space VLBI, Large Adaptive Reflector , EVLA Correlator. Information on research, activities and contact details.