Visit to Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope!
Arecibo dome secondary reflector
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Oyster, the obsevatory cat
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Arecibo 12 meter dish
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Dana and Rod at 12 meter dish
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Big dish from 12 meter dish site
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Big dish from 12 meter dish site
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Big dish from 12 meter dish site
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Dana and Rod at 12 meter dish
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Daun and Rod at 12 meter dish
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Dana and Rod at 12 meter dish
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Daun at 12 meter dish
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Inside 12 meter dish pedestal
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Inside 12 meter dish pedestal
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Inside 12 meter dish pedestal
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Inside 12 meter dish pedestal
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Drive details
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12 meter dish feed
132.38 KB
Daun and Rod in front of 12 meter dish
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Daun and Rod in front of 12 meter dish
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12 meter dish feed
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Horizon from 12 meter dish
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Horizon from 12 meter dish
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Horizon from 12 meter dish
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Horizon from 12 meter dish
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Horizon from 12 meter dish
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Horizon from 12 meter dish
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Horizon from 12 meter dish
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Horizon from 12 meter dish
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Horizon from 12 meter dish
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Control room screens
179.94 KB
Control room screens
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Control room screens
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Control room screens
128.90 KB
Control room screens
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Rod in control room
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Daun in control room
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Daun and Rod in control room
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Daun and Rod in control room
119.89 KB
430 MHZ Klystron
205.33 KB
430 MHZ power supply room
187.62 KB
430 MHZ power supply room
211.99 KB
430 MHZ power supply room
196.04 KB
430 MHZ power supply room
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430 MHZ power supply room
121.84 KB
430 MHZ power supply room
104.89 KB
ISEE-3 explorer reboot transmitter
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ISEE-3 explorer reboot transmitter
242.84 KB
Rt. 129 going into town
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Country scenes
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Country scenes
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Country scenes
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House on a hill
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Rod and Dana at the VSQ picnic tables
136.30 KB
Dana in his office
94.84 KB
Wideband fiber optic transmitter project
151.35 KB
Dana and Rod in reciever lab
112.45 KB
Rod in control room
122.15 KB
Platform from control room
87.03 KB
Platform from funicular
124.80 KB
funicular starting up!
195.43 KB
Dish from funicular
134.71 KB
Dish from funicular
147.51 KB
Support tower from funicular
110.68 KB
Control building from funicular
192.12 KB
Catwalk from funicular
88.47 KB
Platform from funicular
108.50 KB
Visitor center from funicular
154.54 KB
Dana in funicular
107.94 KB
Control building from platform
135.43 KB
Secondary reflector (inside the dome)
90.39 KB
Dish from inside the dome
85.03 KB
Cryogenic control
122.20 KB
S band klystron
189.31 KB
S band klystron
214.07 KB
Cable spooler/winder
177.34 KB
Cable spooler/winder
129.23 KB
Cable spooler/winder
198.79 KB
Cable spooler/winder
201.12 KB
Fiber optic patch panel
168.77 KB
430 MHz antenna from inside dome
104.25 KB
430 MHZ feed
230.60 KB
Equipment on feed turnstile
171.02 KB
Equipment on feed turnstile
194.57 KB
Equipment on feed turnstile
141.21 KB
Cryogenics on feed turnstile
125.53 KB
RF feeds coming down
211.75 KB
Equipment on feed turnstile
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Equipment on feed turnstile
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Dana in feed room
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Catwalk and waveguide to platform
193.40 KB
Catwalk and waveguide to platform
176.52 KB
Support cable anchors
178.83 KB
Angel Vazquez, chief telescope operator
94.86 KB
Lunch at Salitre
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Lunch at Salitre
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Lunch at Salitre
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Darihana
218.01 KB
Rod and Darihana
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Rod and Darihana
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Sand crab
293.22 KB
Sand crab
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Strange rock
137.23 KB
"Dish house"!
144.00 KB
Dana's apartment
95.91 KB
Arecibo main gate
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Arecibo main gate
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Arecibo main gate
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Arecibo main gate
96.01 KB
Road into compound
221.87 KB
Road to vistor center
209.52 KB
Swimming pool
166.22 KB
Cafeteria/VSQ
204.05 KB
Uphill to the control building
161.76 KB
Outside dining area/VSQ
139.49 KB
Outside dining area/VSQ
139.13 KB
Master timing equipment rack
179.47 KB
Station time reference Hydrogen Maser
159.67 KB
Station time reference Hydrogen Maser
118.27 KB
SETI database server
284.39 KB
Visiting scientists at lunch
109.42 KB
6 MEGAWATT diesel generators
164.12 KB
Fuel farm for generators
143.93 KB
Maintenance offices
89.07 KB
Maintenance offices
113.14 KB
HF transmitters
97.17 KB
Transmitter dummy load
110.40 KB
Transmitter dummy load
130.95 KB
HF Transmitter power supply room
109.91 KB
HF Transmitter power supply room
101.21 KB
HF transmitters
121.87 KB
Transmitter tube-water cooled
97.88 KB
Transmitter tube-water cooled
140.47 KB
Transmitter tube-water cooled
129.83 KB
Transmitter tube-water cooled
124.95 KB
3" heliax to SMA transition!
128.15 KB
3" heliax to SMA transition!
92.31 KB
Heading under the dish
216.61 KB
Platform from below the dish
124.65 KB
Platform from below the dish
135.39 KB
Road to "down under"
173.58 KB
Road to "down under"
175.91 KB
Dish shaping cables
180.52 KB
HF feed heliax
198.95 KB
Dish shaping cables
170.95 KB
Platform stabilizer
246.18 KB
Platform from below
197.27 KB
HF feed cables
235.63 KB
Calibration dipole
157.05 KB
Supporting the dish :)
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Supporting the dish :)
179.73 KB
Calibration antenna
281.56 KB
yes, it's perforated!
221.22 KB
Dana by the calibration dipole controller
211.63 KB
Dish contour adjuster
173.16 KB
HF cross dipoles baluns
250.68 KB
HF cross dipoles baluns
196.96 KB
HF cross dipoles from below
312.88 KB
HF cross dipoles from below
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HF cross dipoles from below
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HF cross dipoles from below
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HF cross dipoles from below
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Platform stabilizer
269.81 KB
Drainage channel
249.24 KB
Geometric center
171.08 KB
Support pole and cross dipole
64.51 KB
Cross dipole
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Platform from directly below
66.24 KB
Cross dipole
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Cross dipole
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Dana
359.85 KB
Cross dipole
166.38 KB
Cross dipole
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Cross dipole
101.51 KB
Driving back up
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Driving back up
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Driving back up
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Driving back up
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Driving back up
109.39 KB
funicular barn
222.75 KB
funicular barn
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funicular barn
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Last climb before control building
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Finally to the top!
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Side entrance to control building
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Control room screens
125.54 KB
Control room screens
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Control room screens
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Control room screens
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Control room screens
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Control room equipment
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Control room equipment
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Control room equipment
123.21 KB
Control room equipment
120.75 KB
VSQ (dorm rooms)
164.29 KB
Support tower at sunset
101.03 KB
Platform at sunset
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Platform at sunset
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Dish from control building
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Dish and platform from control building
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Created by Daun Yeagley
