| Volumes Volume 1 Contents of Current Session |
www.adv-radio-sci.net/1/321/2003/
© Author(s) 2003. This work is licensed
under a Creative Commons License.
The new era of large paraboloid antennas: the life of Prof. Dr. Otto Hachenberg
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121, Bonn, German
Abstract. Seldom does a scientist get an opportunity in his lifetime to build an instrument that remains unchallenged as the world’s no. 1 for 30 years. The Effelsberg 100- m radio telescope, constructed under the direction of Prof. Dr. Otto Hachenberg, was the world’s largest fully steerable paraboloid antenna since its inauguration in 1971. The radio telescope in a valley in the Eifel mountains near Bonn was constructed with a remarkably precise surface and excellent pointing characteristics. Only in 2001 the 100-m × 110-m Green Bank Telescope became operational and marginally surpassed Effelsberg’s performance. The Effelsberg telescope is still fully operational in 2002 and looking forward to an exciting future. It is a memorial to the ingenuity of a person who influenced the development of German radio astronomy.
Full Article in PDF (PDF, 69 KB)
Citation: Wielebinski, R.: The new era of large paraboloid antennas: the life of Prof. Dr. Otto Hachenberg, Adv. Radio Sci., 1, 321-324, 2003. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager
