Speaker
Alexander Kraus
Description
Although more than 50 years old, the 100m-telescope at Effelsberg is still one
of the two largest fully steerable radio telescopes in the world. Its frequency
coverage (300 MHz to 90 GHz) and agility, the high sensitivity, and the various
flexible backends make it a unique instrument in Europe.
Consequently, it is heavily involved in various kinds of astronomical research
using the telescope as stand-alone instrument („single-dish“) as well as in several
VLBI networks. Here, we describe the telescope's properties and discuss its
capabilities to perform NEO observations.
