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Ooty Radio Telescope
Radio Telescope at Ooty
Alternative namesORT Edit this at Wikidata
Location(s)Muthorai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates11°23′00″N 76°39′58″E / 11.383404°N 76.66616°E / 11.383404; 76.66616 Edit this at Wikidata
OrganizationTata Institute of Fundamental Research Edit this on Wikidata
Altitude2,240 m (7,350 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Wavelength0.92 m (330 MHz)
First light1970 Edit this on Wikidata
Telescope styleradio telescope
cylindrical parabolic reflector Edit this on Wikidata
Length530 m (1,738 ft 10 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Width30 m (98 ft 5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Collecting area16,000 m2 (170,000 sq ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Websiterac.ncra.tifr.res.in/ort.html Edit this at Wikidata
Ooty Radio Telescope is located in India
Ooty Radio Telescope
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The Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) is located in Muthorai near Ooty, in South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It is part of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA)[2][3][4] of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), which is funded by the Government of India through the Department of Atomic Energy.[5] The radio telescope is a 530-metre (1,740 ft) long and 30-metre (98 ft) tall cylindrical parabolic antenna.[2][6][7] It operates at a frequency of 326.5 MHz with a maximum bandwidth of 15 MHz at the front end.[8]

  1. ^ "THE OOTY RADIO TELESCOPE". nilgiris.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b "National Centre for Radio Astrophysics". Indianspacestation.com. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  3. ^ "National Centre for Radio Astrophysics". Puneeducation.net. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Science Exhibition on 28, 29 Feb at Khodad in Junnar Taluka, Approximately 80 km North of Pune". Punescoop.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Ooty Radio Telescope". Ooty.com. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Cylindrical Palaboloyds telescopes". web listing. Buzzle.com. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  7. ^ Swarup, G. (1984). "The Ooty Synthesis Radio Telescope: First Results". Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy. 5 (2): 139–148. Bibcode:1984JApA....5..139S. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.117.3893. doi:10.1007/BF02714986. S2CID 707849.
  8. ^ Manoharan, P.K.; Nandagopal, D.; Monstein, Christian (2006). "Callisto spectrum measurements in Ootacamund-1.1. Station description". E-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch. doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005306639. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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