I must have discussed every important refracting telescope issues and have likewise featured some of the world’s most popular refracting telescope observatories. Now I guess I have to write articles on other types of telescope such as the radio telescope.
In the state of West Virginia, on Green Bank, Pocahontas County, is where the National Radio Astronomy Observatory can be found. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory houses the popular Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. More commonly called the Green Bank Telescope, it is recognized as the biggest radio telescope in the world that is completely steerable. The site of the GBT is free from radio transmission, in order for the telescope to function regularly.
The GBT is a 100 meter (3937 inch) telescope, which means its dimension is 100 x 110 meters. The telescope has an individual actuator (small motor) that is used for all of the telescope’s surface panels.
Did you know that the Green Bank Telescope is designed especially to be able to observe the entire heavens above the elevation of 5 degrees? This is one of the special features of GBT.
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