Nobeyama radio observatory

Nobeyama radio observatory
Nobeyama radio observatory in 2009
Organization	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Location	Japan
Coordinates	35°56′30″N 138°28′33″E / 35.9417°N 138.4758°E / 35.9417; 138.4758Coordinates: 35°56′30″N 138°28′33″E / 35.9417°N 138.4758°E / 35.9417; 138.4758
Altitude	1,350 m (4,430 ft)
Website	www.nro.nao.ac.jp
Telescopes	Nobeyama 45m Radio Telescope Nobeyama Millimetre Array Nobeyama Radio Polarimeters Nobeyama Radioheliograph
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The Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) is a division of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and consists of three radio instruments located near Minamimaki, Nagano at an elevation of 1350m.

The 45m Radio Telescope: A 45m single-dish radio telescope that operates in short-millimetre wavelengths.
The Nobeyama Millimetre Array (NMA): An millimetre interferometer consisting of six 10m diameter telescopes.
The Nobeyama Radioheliograph: An array of eighty-four antennas dedicated for solar observations.

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Official English Web Site of the NRO

Radio astronomy

Concepts

Astronomical interferometer (History)
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)
Radio telescope (Radio window)
Astronomical radio source
Units (watt and jansky)

Radio telescopes (List)

Individual telescopes	RATAN-600 Radio Telescope (Russia) 500 m Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST, China) Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico, US) Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO, US) Effelsberg Telescope (Germany) Large Millimeter Telescope (Mexico) Yevpatoria RT-70 (Ukraine) Galenki RT-70 (Russia) Suffa RT-70 (Uzbekistan) Green Bank Telescope (West Virginia, US) Lovell Telescope (UK) Ooty Telescope (India) UTR-2 decameter radio telescope (Ukraine) Sardinia Radio Telescope (Italy) Usuda Telescope (Japan) Qitai Radio Telescope (China) Southern Hemisphere HartRAO (South Africa) Parkes Observatory (Australia) Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory (NZ)
Interferometers	Allen Telescope Array (ATA, California, US) Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA, Chile) Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA, Australia) Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP, Australia) Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME, Canada) Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA, California, US) European VLBI Network (Europe) Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Green Bank Interferometer (GBI, West Virginia, US) Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT, India) Korean VLBI Network (KVN, South Korea) Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR, Netherlands) MeerKAT (South Africa) Large Latin American Millimeter Array (LLAMA, Argentina/Brazil) Murchison Widefield Array (MWA, Australia) Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN, UK) Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST, Australia) Northern Cross Radio Telescope (Italy) Northern Extended Millimeter Array (France) One-Mile Telescope (UK) Primeval Structure Telescope (PaST, China) Square Kilometre Array (SKA, Australia, South Africa) Submillimeter Array (SMA, US) Very Large Array (VLA, New Mexico, US) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA, US) Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT, Netherlands)
Space-based telescopes	Spektr-R (Russia) HALCA (Japan)

Observatories

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