The Dwingeloo Radio Observatory is a single-dish radio telescope near the village of Dwingeloo (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈdʋɪŋəloː]) in the northeastern Netherlands. Construction started in 1954, and the telescope was completed in 1956. The radio telescope has a diameter of 25 m.[1] At the time of completion it was the largest radio telescope in the world, but it was overtaken in 1957 by the 250 foot (76 m) Lovell Telescope.
As of 2000, it was no longer in operation in an official capacity. Since August 2009, the radio telescope has been a national heritage site (rijksmonument).[1] The telescope dish was removed for restoration in June 2012.[2] The "C.A. Muller Radio Astronomy Station" foundation ("CAMRAS" for short) restored the telescope to working order. The dish was remounted in November 2012.[3]
Radio amateurs along with amateur and professional astronomers, use the telescope for projects, one being Earth–Moon–Earth communication, also known as moonbounce, which allows for people on different parts of Earth to communicate via the Moon. In this technique, radio wave signals are aimed at the Moon by one location, bounce off the Moon's surface, and are detected by an antenna at a different location on Earth. "Visual Moonbounce" is a technology to moonbounce images at amateur-radio frequencies. It is based on artistic research with the Dwingeloo Radiotelescoop by artist Daniela De Paulis as part of her project "OPTICKS" [4][5][6]
The radio telescope is owned by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. The site of the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory also houses most of the staff of ASTRON and a test site for the Low Frequency Array radio telescope, LOFAR.
Two galaxies are named after this telescope: Dwingeloo 1 and Dwingeloo 2.
^ abMonumentnummer: 530829 - radiotelescoop[permanent dead link], Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^Dish Dwingeloo Telescope temporarily dismantled Archived 2017-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, ASTRON, 2012.
^Dish Dwingeloo radio telescope back on tower Archived 2016-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, ASTRON, 2012.
^"OPTICKS and Visual Moonbounce in Live Performance". Leonardo. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^"opticks.info". Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^"Visual Moonbounce". Archived from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
and 19 Related for: Dwingeloo Radio Observatory information
The DwingelooRadioObservatory is a single-dish radio telescope near the village of Dwingeloo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʋɪŋəloː]) in the northeastern Netherlands...
was a result of the Dwingeloo Obscured Galaxy Survey (DOGS) of the Zone of Avoidance using the DwingelooRadioObservatory. Dwingeloo 2 is a companion galaxy...
galaxies. The Dwingeloo 1 galaxy was discovered in 1994 by the Dwingeloo Obscured Galaxy Survey (DOGS) using the DwingelooRadioObservatory, which searched...
astronomy with the radio telescopes of Kootwijk, Dwingeloo (DwingelooRadioObservatory), and Westerbork (Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope), where...
Netherlands institute for radio astronomy, is located near Dwingeloo. Their single-dish radio telescope of the DwingelooRadioObservatory was completed in 1956...
Dwingeloo is a town halfway between Meppel and Assen. The radio telescope of the DwingelooRadioObservatory is located on the edge of the Dwingeloo Heath...
predictions were confirmed by measurements made at the new radioobservatories at Dwingeloo and Westerbork. Oort later said that "it was Grote Reber's...
the mirror to move continuously in the military use as a radar dish. DwingelooRadio Telescope [de] The event's name Woodstockert is a play on words on...
Meteorological Institute and some Dutch universities built the DwingelooRadioObservatory. In 1959 Werkspoor used the first pressure chamber for hyperbaric...
Jodrell Bank Observatory, England (1957) The 530-metre (1,740 ft) long and 30-metre (98 ft) tall cylindrical parabolic antenna at Ooty Radio Telescope Complex...
Australia Molonglo Observatory, Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia DwingelooRadioObservatory, Netherlands Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, England...
regions in the Cygnus X region) Dwingeloo — Dwingeloo Obscured Galaxy Survey (DOGS) (for example: Dwingeloo 1 and Dwingeloo 2 in Cassiopeia) E — (for example:...
Laboratory and DwingelooRadioObservatory. Kapahi's work was mainly focused on observational cosmology and his work covered the studies of radio galaxies and...
data correlation. JIVE is located in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands and is hosted by the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON). JIVE has seven...
still referenced (see for example Westerhout 49), done with the then-new Dwingeloo telescope; and his survey of neutral hydrogen in the outer parts of our...
342 and Maffei 2. Maffei 1 has also a small satellite spiral galaxy, Dwingeloo 1, as well as a number of dwarf satellites like MB1. The IC 342/Maffei...
Massive Stars and Stellar Groups: Proceedings of a Symposium held in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, 24–26 September 1984. Astrophysics and Space Science...
Stoottroepen Museum Hunebedcentrum Stedelijk Museum (Coevorden) Planetron (Dwingeloo) Museum de Buitenplaats International Wooden Shoe Museum Eelde Museum...
Global Information
Related media on Commons