Personal tools
You are here: Home → About PARI → PARI Photo Gallery → Photos Organized by Topic Areas → PARI Staff Travels → PARI Team Visits the NRAO at Green Bank, West Virginia
Navigation
 
Document Actions

PARI Team Visits the NRAO at Green Bank, West Virginia

Don and Jo Cline along with Dave Clavier visited the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia on Monday, August 27, 2007. While at NRAO they delivered a copy of the "Observing the Radio Sky" StarLab cylinder to Education Director Sue Ann Heatherly. NRAO's Electronics Engineer Roger Norrod gave the team a tour of the site. PARI also accepted the donation of several feeds to be used on PARI's 26 Meter Telescopes.
NRAO's 140 foot Antenna as Seen from the GBT NRAO's 140 foot Antenna as Seen from the GBT
Don Cline and Dave Clavier with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in the Background Don Cline and Dave Clavier with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in the Background
GBT Structure Weighs More Than 16,000,000 Pounds GBT Structure Weighs More Than 16,000,000 Pounds
NRAO's Roger Norrod with Don Cline on the Feed Platform of the GBT NRAO's Roger Norrod with Don Cline on the Feed Platform of the GBT
Don Cline in Front of Grote Reber's Historic Radio Receiver Don Cline in Front of Grote Reber's Historic Radio Receiver
The GBT with an 85 foot Telescope in the Background The GBT with an 85 foot Telescope in the Background
Don in Front of the Surface of the GBT Don in Front of the Surface of the GBT
The Tracks for the GBT (of which their are four), with Four Wheels Each Supporting More Than One Million Pounds The Tracks for the GBT (of which their are four), with Four Wheels Each Supporting More Than One Million Pounds
The Super-Structure of the GBT The Super-Structure of the GBT
The Surface of the GBT is the Size of Two Football Fields The Surface of the GBT is the Size of Two Football Fields
Thousands of Actuators (motor-driven pistons) Move Each of 2,004 Panels on the Surface of the GBT Thousands of Actuators (motor-driven pistons) Move Each of 2,004 Panels on the Surface of the GBT
 
Powered by Plone CMS, the Open Source Content Management System

This site conforms to the following standards: