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Effelsberg Radio Observatory


Effelsberg Radio Telescope
The observatory of the Max-Planck Institut für Radioastronomie. Located in the Eifel mountains, 40 km southwest of Bonn, it is home to a 100-meter radio telescope, opened in 1971, which was the largest fully-steerable dish in the world until the completion of the Green Bank Telescope.


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