Germany Wins…
Friday, 9th June 2006 by Alex Turnbull
Despite my attempt in August last year to claim that England wins this competition, judging by these images of the Effelsberg 100 metre radio telescope... I'd say it was pretty safe to assume that Germany wins the largest radio telescope in Europe prize 😉
As for any other competition which Germany may or may not win, well, we'll just have to wait and see... Go Trinidad and Tobago!
Thanks to Some Guy and Stefan.
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“Go Trinidad and Tobago”???
Jealous Jock
well, as a fan of the english game… go just about everyone!
except germany of course 🙂 shame about ballack….
slightly relaxed chelsea fan
Yup, Germany wins. So much for Costa Rica.
As a semi-soccer fan in America, I have to say: USA! USA! USA! But we’re up against the Czech Republic first match, dammit. It was a good try.
I think it’s nice that nobody pointed out how this telescope is only 9.3 times smaller in terms of area than the one in Arecebo, Puerto Rico. That would have been rude.
Arecibo is much larger, but Effelsberg is fully movable while Arecibo is just built into the ground. Iirc Effelsberg is the second largest in the world of its kind and indeed it looks pretty impressive. ( http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Effelsberg_total2.jpg )
Effelsberg is the largest moveable radio telescope in the world, the one in Puerto Rico is the largest non-moveable radio telescope.
If you have ever the chance of visiting the one in Effelsberg, you should really take the chance. It’s mounted in a small dell and you can’t see it until you are more or less directly in front of it. So you’ll get the dimension to see very lately. Watch how long it takes for a bird to fly through it.
With a little luck it will move while you are looking at it, takes some time to gather, as it moves pretty slow. 😉
Hey, I’ve been there. This thing is HUGE…We were kicked out of a presentation once though because someone was disturbing it…but hey, I was 5 years old. As for the other competition: Go Germany! ..and since soccer should not be political: go Iran! 🙂
I want to remind people it’s not a competition. If it was, the VLA scope in Socorro NM with 1.6X the area of the german scope would have to be brought up. And the ability of the VLA to be configured as a 22 mile across scope.
Whoops, forgot the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, in West Virgina. At 110×100 meters, it’s the largest stearable in the world. http://www.gb.nrao.edu/GBT/GBT.shtml
Go Trinidad and Tobago–pick that ball out of your net . a galant try by Falkrirk reserves
The largest movable one is in Green Bank, WV. On Google maps it shows up as a fuzzy blob, but if you know the layout of the place you can find all the major landmarks.