GBT Nov 2004


Observing Trip to the Green Bank Telescope, November 2004

Route 33 in West Virginia German Valley, West Virginia First glimpse of the GBT
No spark plugs allowed! One of several retired scopes on site. 20ft and the 140ft in the background. 20ft retired telescope.
A 40ft and the GBT to the left. Close-up of the 140ft (GBT to the right). The 140ft alone. Plans to resurrect it are in the works. GBT and the 140ft at sunset.
GBT at sunset.
GBT dish and secondary support. GBT base, elevator and catwalk. Removing a feed.
GBT track, closeup. GBT track wheel. Green Bank is famous for ladybugs, even in fall apparently. GBT track.
Elevation drive, closeup. Elevation drive, closeup. Elevation drive.
140ft from the GBT. 85ft-3, one of the original 3-element interferometer antennas. 85ft-3 with WV mountains. Stunning.
Underside of the GBT dish. Actuator control room. The cars are starting to look very small, and we are only at the dish level. Next, up to the receiver cabin.
Receivers. L-band at left. Note the blowers to remove snow. View from the (almost) top. Looking down on the dish and beyond. The secondary, some 30ft above us.
The L-band receiver inside the cabin. The rats-nest of wires. The IF plate.
It's really far down now; see the car at left. Another downward shot through the floor. Car at top right. Long drop... The GBT dish, beyond are visible the 140ft and the 40ft.
Dish and lower structure. Sideways elevator to secondary and receivers. Upper structure of the GBT.
The GBT. Me, at the GBT. One of the old diesels on site.
GBT, as seen from the Vistor's Centre. Reber's Antenna, donated to the NRAO. The Green Bank Science Centre. Replica of Karl Jansky's radio antenna, with which he discovered
An interesting road-side attraction in West Virginia. Heading out of WV. Nice forested highway in VA, heading to Dulles