Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999vlbi.rept...74o&link_type=abstract
International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry: 1999 Annual Report, p. 74
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Parabolic Reflectors, Radio Telescopes, Geophysical Observatories, Geodetic Surveys, Very Long Base Interferometry
Scientific paper
The Medicina 32-m dish is an alt-az antenna run by the Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. The radiotelescope is located about 30 km east of Bologna, Italy. It is part of the European VLBI Network. Details on the telescope characteristics and equipments can be found at the EVN Home Page (http://www.nfra.nl/evn/). In the last couple of years, the main goal at the Medicina Station was to get the telescope agile in changing the observing frequency. Achieving this goal will greatly increase the observational efficiency of the telescope. Moreover it will make the operation of changing the receivers more safe and it makes this task independent of weather conditions. The first part of the project has been completed and the new subreflector is fully in operation. The increased flexibility in changing frequency, together with the facility of recording both thick and thin tapes implemented at all the European VLBI Network (EVN) stations has immediately produced an increase in the number of geodetic VLBI observations to which the Medicina Station will take part in 1999.
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