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Operating Telescopes
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 The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX)Since 2005 the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment 12 meter telescope (APEX) in the Chilean Atacama desert observes the Southern Sky at submillimeter wavelength. APEX is a joint project of the MPIfR,  ESO and
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The Effelsberg 100m-Radio
Telescope The telescope is located only some dozen kilometers far from our institute in Bad Münstereifel-Effelsberg and therefore can be considered as a major workhorse. |
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The IRAM 30m-Millimeter Telescope at Pico Veleta The 30m-telescope near Granada, Spain, is operated by IRAM.
For many years we supplied a series of Max-Planck-Bolometer (MAMBO)
Arrays operated at this telescope.
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The IRAM Interferometer at Plateau de Bure The interferometer nearby Grenoble, France is operated by IRAM.
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Submillimeter Array The interferometer on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, is a joint venture between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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Caltech Submillimeter Observatory This telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii is operated by the Caltech Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Group.
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Very Large Array This interferometer nearby Socorro, New Mexico is operated by NRAO.
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Very Long Baseline Array This interferometer consists of ten radio antennas spread across the United States and its territories. It is operated by NRAO.
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European VLBI Network This organization coordinates VLBI observations involving European telescopes. |
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MERLIN MERLIN, operated by Jodrell Bank Observatory, is the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network, an array of radio telescopes distributed around Great Britain. It operates at frequencies ranging from 151 MHz to 24 GHz. At 5GHz, the resolution of MERLIN is better than 50 milliarcseconds, somewhat greater than that of the Hubble Space Telescope. |
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SOFIA This observatory has begun science operation in 2010. The MPIfR has lead the development and building of the German Receiver for Astronomy
at Terahertz Frequencies (GREAT). It is operated by
NASA. |
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Herschel (FIRST) This satellite was launched in 2009. It is operated by ESA.
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ALMA This interferometer will become operational in 2011. This is a joint project by ESO
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North America and Japan.
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