Radio Observatories

U.S. Radio Astronomy Telescopes

Radio astronomy observatories in the United States that feature telescopes, interferometers and antennas used for radio astronomy research. Not all observatories may be open to the public.

1. Name
2. Site/City

1. ARO 12-m Telescope
2. Kitt Peak, AZ

1. CARMA
2. Big Pine, CA

1. Green Bank 140 Foot Telescope
2. Green Bank, WV

1. Green Bank Interferometer (GBI)
2. Green Bank, WV

1. Green Bank Solar Radio Burst Spectrometer
2. Green Bank, WV

1. Hat Creek Radio Observatory (HCRO)
2. Hat Creek, CA

1. Jansky Very Large Array
2. Plains of San Agustin, NM

1. Leuschner Observatory
2. Lafayette, CA

1. Long Wavelength Array Station 1
2. Plains of San Agustin, NM

1. Long Wavelength Array Station-SV
2. Sevilleta Nat?l Refuge, NM

1. Morehead 21 Antenna
2. Morehead, KY

1. Next Generation VLA (2034)
2. Plains of San Agustin, NM

1. Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO)
2. Big Pine, CA

1. Very Long Baseline Array
2. Kitt Peak, AZ

1. Very Long Baseline Array
2. Mauna Kea, HI

1. Very Small Array (VSA)
2. Cogan Station, PA

Worldwide Radio Telescopes

1. Name
2. Site/Country

1. 500m FAST
2. Guizhou Province China

1. Arecibo Observatory
2. Arecibo Puerto Rico

1. Arecibo Observatory
2. Russia

1. Argentine Institute of Radio Astronomy
2. Buenos Aires Province Argentina

1. Baldone Observatory
2. Irbene Latvia

1. Blackrock Castle Observatory
2. Cork Ireland

1. Bleien Radio Observatory
2. Granichen Switzerland

1. Cambridge

1. Chilbolton Observatory
2. Chibolton England

1. Darnhall Telescope
2. Darnhall England

1. Defford Telescope
2. Defford England

1. Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
2. British Columbia Canada

1. Dwingeloo Radio Observatory
2. Netherlands

1. E-MERLIN
2. various locations England

1. Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
2. Bonn Germany

1. Effelsberg Radio Telescope
2. Cologne Germany

1. Erciyes Radio Observatory
2. Melikgazi Turkey

1. European VLBI Network

1. Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory
2. Henan China

1. Gauribidanur Radio Observatory
2. Karnataka India

1. Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope
2. Maharashtra India

1. Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
2. Gauteng South Africa

1. Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
2. South Africa

1. I-LOFAR
2. Kirr Ireland

1. IRAM 30m
2. Hautes-Alpes France

1. Jicamarca Radio Observatory
2. Lima Peru

1. Jodrell Bank Observatory
2. Cheshire England

1. KAIRA
2. Enontekio Finland

1. Knockin Telescope
2. Knockin England

1. Large Millimeter Telescope
2. Puebla Mexico

1. Lovell Telescope
2. Cheshire England

1. Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex
2. Spain

1. Mark II Telescope
2. Cheshire England

1. Medicina Radio Observatory
2. Bologna Italy

1. Medicina Radio Observatory
2. Italy

1. Metsahovi Observatory
2. Kirkkonummi Finland

1. Metsahovi Radio Observatory
2. Finland

1. Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory
2. Tasmania Australia

1. Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
2. Cambridge England

1. Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory
2. Murchison Australia

1. Nancay Radio Telescope
2. Nancay France

1. Nanshan 25 metres
2. China

1. National Observatory of Japan
2. multiple Japan

1. Nizamia Observatory
2. Punjagutta India

1. Nobeyama Radio Observatory
2. Nagano Japan

1. Normal Lockyer Observatory
2. East Devon England

1. Noto Radio Observatory
2. Noto Italy

1. Noto Radio Observatory
2. Sicily Italy

1. Onsala Space Observatory
2. Onsala Sweden

1. Onsala Space Observatory
2. Sweden

1. Ooty Radio Telescope
2. Tamil Nadu India

1. Orgov Radio-Optical Telescope
2. Orgov Armenia

1. Parkes Observatory
2. Parkes Australia

1. Pickmere Telescope
2. Pickmere England

1. Quasar Badary
2. Russia

1. Quasar Svetloe
2. Russia

1. Quasar Zelenchuckskaya
2. Russia

1. Sardinia Radio Telescope
2. Sardinia Italy

1. Simeiz Observatory
2. Crimea Ukraine

1. SKA (2023-2030)
2. South Africa

1. SKA (2023-2030)
2. WA Australia

1. South Pole Telescope
2. Antartica

1. Spanish National Observatory
2. Spain

1. Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory
2. Taejon South Korea

1. Thai National Radio Observatory
2. Chiang Mai Thailand

1. Tianma65
2. China

1. Tien Shan Observatory
2. Almaty Kazakhstan

1. Torun Centre for Astronomy
2. Poland

1. URAN
2. Shevchenkove Ukraine

1. Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre
2. Latvia

1. Warkworth Radio Observatory
2. Warkworth New Zealand

1. Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope
2. Drenthe Netherlands

1. Wettzell Radio telescope
2. Germany

1. Yebes Observatory
2. Yebes Spain

Worldwide Millimeter-wave Telescopes

Also includes submillimeter-wave observatories.

1. Name
2. Site/Country

1. Altacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT)
2. Antofagasta Region Chile

1. Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope
2. Antartica

1. Atacama Large Millimeter Array
2. Antofagasta Region Chile

1. Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
2. Antofagasta Region Chile

1. Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment
2. Antofagasta Region Chile

1. Australian SKA Pathfinder
2. Australia

1. CCAT Telescope (late 2020s)
2. Antofagasta Region Chile

1. CLASS Telescopes
2. Antofagasta Region Chile

1. Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (2024)
2. Antofagasta Region Chile

1. Greenland Telescope
2. Summit Station Greenland

1. IRAM 30m
2. Loma de Dilar Spain

1. KOSMA observatory
2. Gornergrat Switzerland

1. NANTEN2 Observatory
2. Antofagasta Region Chile

1. NOEMA
2. Plateau de Bure France

1. Simons Observatory (2022)
2. Antofagasta Region Chile