Nobeyama radio observatory

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Nobeyama 45m single-dish radio telescope

The Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) is a division of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and consists of three radio instruments located in Nobeyama, a village in the Japan Alps at an elevation of 1350m.

The 45m Radio Telescope: A 45m single-dish radio telescope that operates in short-millimetre wavelengths.

The Nobeyama Millimetre Array (NMA): An millimetre interferometer consisting of six 10m diameter telescopes.

The Nobeyama Radioheliograph: An array of eighty-four antennas dedicated for solar observations.

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Official English Web Site of the NRO

Radio astronomy

Category:Radio telescopes

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Single dish	Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico) Effelsberg Telescope (Germany) Large Millimeter Telescope (Mexico) Yevpatoria RT-70 (Ukraine) Galenki RT-70 (Russia) Suffa RT-70 (Uzbekistan) Green Bank Telescope (West Virginia, USA) Lovell Telescope (UK) Parkes Observatory (Australia)

Interferometers	Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA, Australia) Allen Telescope Array (ATA, California, USA) Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA, California, USA) European VLBI Network (Europe) Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT, India) Low Frequency Array (LOFAR, Netherlands) Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN, UK) Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST, Australia) One-Mile Telescope (UK) Very Large Array (VLA, New Mexico, USA) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA, USA) Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT, Netherlands)

Proposed / under construction	Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST, China) Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA, Chile) Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP, Australia) Murchison Widefield Array (MWA, Australia) MeerKAT South Africa Primeval Structure Telescope (PaST, China) Square Kilometre Array (SKA, tbd)