Ground-based millimeter and submillimeter telescopes

This is a list of different ground-based millimeter and submillimeter telescopes in which it is possible to apply for observing time. See also http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~webrai/deadline.html.

ARO

= The Arizona Radio Observatory
http://aro.as.arizona.edu/index.htm

Apply for time / proposals: http://aro.as.arizona.edu/proposal_submission_information.htm

The 12 Meter Telescope (KP12m)

• Location: Kitt Peak, Arizona, at an altitude of 1914 m
• Mount: Elevation over Azimuth
• Diameter: 12 m
• Pointing accuracy: 5 arcsec (rms)
• Surface accuracy: 75 micrometers

The Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope (HHSMT)

• Location: Mt. Graham, Arizona, at an altitude of 3186 m
• Diameter: 10 m
• Pointing accuracy: 1 arcsec (rms)

Wavelengths: 0.3 mm - 4.6 mm

AST/RO

= Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~adair/AST_RO/

Apply for time / proposals: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~adair/AST_RO/proposals.html

• Location: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica
• Diameter: 1.7 m
• Wavelengths: 0.2 mm - 2.0 mm
• Surface accuracy: 9 micrometers (rms)

CSO

= Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
http://www.submm.caltech.edu/cso/

Apply for time / proposals: http://www.submm.caltech.edu/cso/cso-call.html

• Location: Mauna Kea, Hawaii
• Diameter: 10.4 m
• Wavelengths: 1.3, 0.9, 0.6, 0.45 mm

Instituto di Radioastronomia (CNR)

http://www.ira.cnr.it/

Apply for time / proposals: http://www.ira.cnr.it/proposal/

Medicina

• Location: Medicina, Italy
• Diameter: 32 m
• Wavelengths: 1.3 cm and longer

Noto

• Location: Sicily, Italy
• Diameter: 32 m
• Wavelengths: 1.3 cm and longer
• Pointing accuracy: 10 arcsec
• Surface accuracy: 1 mm (rms)

IRAM

= Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique
http://www.iram.fr/index.htm

30m Telescope

• Location: Pico Veleta, Spain, at an altitude of 2850 m
• Diameter: 30 m
• Wavelengths: 1 mm - 3 mm
• Proposals: http://www.iram.fr/IRAMFR/PV/veleta.htm
  

the IRAM Interferometer

• Location: Plateau de Bure, France, at an altitude of 2550 m
• Telescopes: 6 antennas, each 15 m in diameter
• Wavelengths: 1.3 mm
• Proposals: http://www.iram.fr/IRAMFR/PDB/bure.html
  

GBT

= The Green Bank Telescope
http://wwwlocal.gb.nrao.edu/GBT/GBT.shtml

Apply for time / proposals: http://wwwlocal.gb.nrao.edu/gbtprops/generalproposalinfo.shtml

• Location: Green Bank, West Virginia
• Diameter: 100 m
• Wavelengths: 3 mm and longer

JCMT

= The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/JCMT/

Apply for time / proposals: http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/JCMT/applying/

• Location: Mauna Kea, Hawaii, at an altitude of 4092 m
• Diameter: 15 m
• Wavelengths: 0.4 - 1.4 mm

KOSMA

= Kölner Observatorium für SubMillimeter Astronomie
http://www.ph1.uni-koeln.de/gg/

Apply for time / proposals (see end of the page): http://www.ph1.uni-koeln.de/gg/kosma/

• Location: Gornergrat, Switzerland, at an altitude of 3135 m
• Diameter: 3 m
• Wavelengths: 0.4 - 1.3 mm
• Pointing accuracy: 10 arcsec
• Surface accuracy: 20 - 30 micrometers

The Effelsberg 100-meter Radio Telescope

http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/effelsberg/

Apply for time / proposals: http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/effelsberg/pke.html#pke_request

• Location: Effelsberg, Germany
• Diameter: 100 m
• Wavelengths: 3 mm - 7 cm

NRO

= Nobeyama Radio Observatory http://www.nro.nao.ac.jp/index-e.html

45 m Radio Telescope

• Location: Nobeyama, Japan
• Diameter: 45 m
• Wavelengths: 1.3 mm - 1.5 cm
• Proposals: http://www.nro.nao.ac.jp/%7Enro45mrt/NEW45M/45OPENUSE/index-e.html
  

Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA)

• Location: Nobeyama, Japan
• Telescopes: 6 antennas, each 10 m in diameter
• Wavelengths: 1, 2, 3 mm
• Pointing accuracy: about 3 - 5 arcsec (rms)
• Proposals: http://www.nro.nao.ac.jp/%7Enma/open_use/index-e.html
  

OCRA

= One Centimeter Receiver Array
http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/%7Edkettle/OCRA-FARADAY.htm
http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl/ocra.html

Apply for time / proposals: NOT AVAILABLE

• Location: Torun, Poland
• Diameter: 32 m
• Wavelengths: 1 cm
• Accuracy of manufacturing of the panels: < 0.35 mm

SMA

= the Submillimeter Array
http://sma-www.harvard.edu/

Apply for time / proposals: http://sma1.sma.hawaii.edu/proposing.html

• Location: Mauna Kea, Hawaii, at an altitude of 4080 m
• Telescopes: 8 antennas, each 6 m in diameter
• Wavelengths: 0.3 mm - 1.7 mm
• Surface accuracy: < 25 micrometers (rms)

VLA

= the Very Large Array
http://www.vla.nrao.edu/

Apply for time / proposals: http://www.nrao.edu/administration/directors_office/tel-vla.shtml

• Location: Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico
• Telescopes: 27 antennas, each 25 m in diameter
• Wavelengths: 7 mm and longer
• Resolution: 0.04 arcsec

VLBA

= the Very Long Baseline Array
http://www.vlba.nrao.edu/

Apply for time / proposals: http://www.nrao.edu/administration/directors_office/vlba-gvlbi.shtml

• Location: many locations, U.S.
• Telescopes: 10 antennas, each 25 m in diameter
• Wavelengths: 3.4 mm and longer

Updated: 2005-02-23 / mko