Effelsberg
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| Organization | Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft |
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| Location | Effelsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Wavelength regime | radio 408MHz-86GHz |
| Completion date | 1971 |
| Webpage | http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/effelsberg/index_e.html |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Telescope Style | parabolic reflector |
| Diameter (m) | 100 |
| Collecting Area (m2) | 31,000 |
| Focal length (m) | (fill in) |
| Mounting | alt-azimuth fully steerable primary |
| Dome | none |
Since its inauguration in 1972, the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope is still, to the present day, one of the world's largest fully steerable telescopes. It operates at wavelengths from about 7 mm to 90 cm. The telescope is operated by the Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie in Bonn, Germany. The Effelsberg 100-m telescope was involved in several such surveys, including the one, to name just one example, at 408 MHz (73 cm) by Haslam et al. (1981, 1982; Astron. and Astrophys.).
