GBT

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GBT is a common abbreviation for the Green Bank Telescope, a large fully steerable radio telescope located in West Virginia, USA.

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instanceOf fully steerable radio telescope
radio telescope
alternativeName GBT NERFINISHED
Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope NERFINISHED
azimuthRange 0 to 360 degrees
collectingArea about 7,850 square meters
constructionStartDate 1991
country United States of America
designType off-axis Gregorian design
dishDiameter 100 meters
elevationRange about 5 to 90 degrees
environmentalConstraint radio quiet zone regulations
firstLight 2000
formerOperator National Radio Astronomy Observatory NERFINISHED
frequencyRange about 0.1 GHz to 116 GHz
fundedBy National Science Foundation NERFINISHED
hasInstrument C-band receiver
Ka-band receiver
Ku-band receiver
L-band receiver
S-band receiver
W-band receiver
X-band receiver
backend signal processors
multi-beam receivers
spectrometers
height about 148 meters
inaugurationDate 2001
locatedIn Green Bank Observatory NERFINISHED
Green Bank, West Virginia NERFINISHED
National Radio Quiet Zone NERFINISHED
Pocahontas County, West Virginia NERFINISHED
mountType alt-azimuth mount
namedAfter Robert C. Byrd NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescopes
operator Green Bank Observatory NERFINISHED
ownedBy National Science Foundation NERFINISHED
partOf U.S. national radio astronomy facilities
pointingAccuracy about 1 arcsecond
primaryUse radio astronomy
surfaceAccuracy about 240 micrometers
usedFor VLBI observations
cosmology
fast radio burst observations
galactic structure studies
molecular line studies
pulsar observations
search for extraterrestrial intelligence
wavelengthRange about 3 millimeters to 3 meters
weight about 7,700 metric tons

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