Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope

Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
Alternative namesGMRT Edit this at Wikidata
Location(s)Narayangaon, Pune district, Pune division, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates19°05′47″N 74°02′59″E / 19.096517°N 74.049742°E / 19.096517; 74.049742 Edit this at Wikidata
OrganizationNational Centre for Radio Astrophysics Edit this on Wikidata
Wavelength50, 1,500 MHz (6.00, 0.20 m)
First light1995 Edit this on Wikidata
Telescope styleradio interferometer Edit this on Wikidata
Number of telescopes30 Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter45 m (147 ft 8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Collecting area47,713 m2 (513,580 sq ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Websitewww.gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in Edit this at Wikidata
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope is located in India
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
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The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), located near Narayangaon, Pune in India, is an array of thirty fully steerable parabolic radio telescopes of 45 metre diameter, observing at metre wavelengths. It is the largest and most sensitive radio telescope array in the world at low frequencies.[1] It is operated by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), a part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. It was conceived and built under the direction of Govind Swarup during 1984 to 1996.[2] It is an interferometric array with baselines of up to 25 kilometres (16 mi).[3][4][5] It was recently upgraded with new receivers, after which it is also known as the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT).[6]

  1. ^ "The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope". NCRA website.
  2. ^ Prof. Govind Swarup: The Father of Radio Astronomy in India
  3. ^ Ananthakrishnan, S. (1995). "The giant meterwave radio telescope" (PDF). Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy. 16: 433. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  4. ^ Ishwara-Chandra, C H; Rao, A Pramesh; Pandey, Mamta; Manchanda, R K; Durouchoux, Philippe (2005). "Low Frequency Radio Observations of GRS1915+105 with GMRT". Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 5 (S1): 87–92. arXiv:astro-ph/0512061. Bibcode:2005ChJAS...5...87I. doi:10.1088/1009-9271/5/S1/87.
  5. ^ Swarup, G., Ananthkrishnan, S., Kapahi, V.K., Rao, A.P., Subrahamanya, C.R., and Kulkarni, V.K. (1991) "The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope", Current Science, vol. 60, pages 90-105.
  6. ^ Gupta, Y.; Ajithkumar, B.; Kale, H. S.; Nayak, S.; Sabhapathy, S.; Sureshkumar, S.; Swami, R. V.; Chengalur, J. N.; Ghosh, S. K.; Ishwara-Chandra, C. H.; Joshi, B. C.; Kanekar, N.; Lal, D. V.; Roy, S. (25 August 2017). "The Upgraded GMRT:Opening New Windows on the Radio Universe" (PDF). Current Science. 113 (4): 707. Bibcode:2017CSci..113..707G. doi:10.18520/cs/v113/i04/707-714. ISSN 0011-3891.