Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico
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What is Arecibo Observatory
The Arecibo Observatory is a very sensitive radio telescope located approximately south-southwest from the town of Arecibo in Puerto Rico. It is operated by Cornell University under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The observatory works as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) although both names are officially used to refer to it (...)
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en.wikipedia.org
"Located approximately ten miles south of Arecibo on a mountainous and somewhat isolated (but fairly well signposted) road, the Arecibo Observatory is home to the world's largest radio telescope, operated by Cornell University."
wikitravel.org
"Arecibo is known for the nearby world-famous Arecibo Observatory ,the largest single-unit radio telescope ever constructed and one of the world's most powerful radar-radio telescope."
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"Tucked away in the gorgeous backroads of northwestern Puerto Rico is the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world -an impressive 1000ft (305m) in diameter and covering about 20 acres (8ha)."
lonelyplanet.com
"contains the world's largest and most sensitive radar/radio-telescope."
frommers.com
"In 1974, the Arecibo message ,an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life, was transmitted from the radio telescope toward the globular cluster M13 ,about 25,000 light-years away."
en.wikipedia.org
"Researchers using the world's largest radio telescope—the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico—have detected methanimine in the distant galaxy Arp 220."
news.nationalgeographic.com
"The arecibo observatory is the largest radio telescope on earth."
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About Arecibo Observatory
pelicanpoker from USA wrote about Arecibo Observatory one year, 8 months ago
This is a great site to visit. This is where a James Bond fight scene was filmed, the one where he is walking on a large satellite dish. This Radio Telescope is massive. There is a video shown throughout the day, and it is worth watching.
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