Comments on: Westerbork Radio Telescope http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gesh http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-49506 Gesh Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:29:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/13/westerbork-radio-telescope/#comment-49506 Here are the other two sites that make the Deep Space Network. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Network Goldstone Observatory in the Mojave Desert http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=35.423932,-116.888641&spn=0.007501,0.013497&t=k&om=1 Unfortunately the Madrid site is in Low-Rez http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=40.430158,-4.248276&spn=0.056057,0.107975&t=k&om=1 Here are the other two sites that make the Deep Space Network.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Network

Goldstone Observatory in the Mojave Desert
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Unfortunately the Madrid site is in Low-Rez
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]]> By: Gesh http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-49504 Gesh Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:19:03 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/13/westerbork-radio-telescope/#comment-49504 Here is the Lowell observatory in Flagstaff. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Flagstaff,+AZ&ie=UTF8&ll=35.201863,-111.66402&spn=0.003691,0.007709&t=h&om=1 The one ot the top is the telescope used to discover the now non-planet Pluto http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Flagstaff,+AZ&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=18&ll=35.203896,-111.665398&spn=0.003761,0.008497&t=h&iwloc=A Here is the Lowell observatory in Flagstaff.
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The one ot the top is the telescope used to discover the now non-planet Pluto
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]]> By: Tim http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-49449 Tim Sat, 16 Sep 2006 05:17:59 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/13/westerbork-radio-telescope/#comment-49449 Woohoo! Nice one, Monasterium. Woohoo! Nice one, Monasterium.

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-49336 Alex Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:28:47 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/13/westerbork-radio-telescope/#comment-49336 Monasterium - ya got me, I can't really avoid it any longer can I! Consider a telescope megapost "in the works" :D Monasterium – ya got me, I can’t really avoid it any longer can I! Consider a telescope megapost “in the works” :D

]]> By: Monasterium http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-49332 Monasterium Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:19:39 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/13/westerbork-radio-telescope/#comment-49332 These comments are screaming for a telescope-megapost. :D These comments are screaming for a telescope-megapost. :D

]]> By: sirflow http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-49307 sirflow Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:33:22 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/13/westerbork-radio-telescope/#comment-49307 that map of the Netherlands is actually a monument for the WWII concentrationkamp Westerbork. Ground level shots here (text in Dutch): http://www.westerbork.nl/site1.2/nederlands/monumenten/m02.html it consists of 102,000 bricks, symbolising the 102,000 people (mostly jews) from the Netherlands deported in WWII that map of the Netherlands is actually a monument for the WWII concentrationkamp Westerbork. Ground level shots here (text in Dutch):
http://www.westerbork.nl/site1.2/nederlands/monumenten/m02.html

it consists of 102,000 bricks, symbolising the 102,000 people (mostly jews) from the Netherlands deported in WWII

]]> By: Romanov http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-49300 Romanov Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:17:35 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/13/westerbork-radio-telescope/#comment-49300 Does anybody know the purpose of this map of the Netherlands, just North of the telescopes? http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=52.916051,6.608282&z=18" Does anybody know the purpose of this map of the Netherlands, just North of the telescopes?
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]]> By: Barry http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-49295 Barry Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:50:45 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/13/westerbork-radio-telescope/#comment-49295 Here is the <a href="http://www.cdscc.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow">Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex</a>, just outside of Canberra, Australia's captial city. Not a radio telescope but a tracking station. <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=-35.401784,148.982205&z=16" rel="nofollow">Google Maps Link</a> The big dish is 70 meters across. The southern most dish was one of the two Australian dishes used during the Apollo 11 moon landing (however at the time it was about 20km south of here, it was later moved). The other dish used during the landing (from the movie "The Dish") is a radio telescope and is located near Parkes in New South Wales but unfortunately is low res. Here is the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, just outside of Canberra, Australia’s captial city. Not a radio telescope but a tracking station.
Google Maps Link
The big dish is 70 meters across.
The southern most dish was one of the two Australian dishes used during the Apollo 11 moon landing (however at the time it was about 20km south of here, it was later moved). The other dish used during the landing (from the movie “The Dish”) is a radio telescope and is located near Parkes in New South Wales but unfortunately is low res.

]]> By: Phillip http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-49290 Phillip Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:59:43 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/13/westerbork-radio-telescope/#comment-49290 Whoops, wrong link. =) http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=34.076052,-107.615891&z=14 Whoops, wrong link. =)
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]]> By: Phillip http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/14/westerbork-radio-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-49289 Phillip Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:58:37 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/09/13/westerbork-radio-telescope/#comment-49289 I just found Arecibo on my own (circular road around it gave it away in hybrid mode) before realizing it was already posted, hehe. If you guys like white dots in the desert, here's the Very Large Array in New Mexico. http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=1072&c=&f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=18&ll=52.915155,6.61157&spn=0.002222,0.005032&t=k I guess they can't update everything at once, and once the VLA is in hi-res, it should make for a pretty impressive sight. I just found Arecibo on my own (circular road around it gave it away in hybrid mode) before realizing it was already posted, hehe. If you guys like white dots in the desert, here’s the Very Large Array in New Mexico.
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I guess they can’t update everything at once, and once the VLA is in hi-res, it should make for a pretty impressive sight.

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