Greenland Telescope

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The Greenland Telescope is a submillimeter radio observatory in Greenland that forms part of the global Event Horizon Telescope array used to image black holes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Very Long Baseline Interferometry station ⓘ
astronomical observatory ⓘ
radio telescope ⓘ
submillimeter telescope ⓘ
altitude approximately 3200 m ⓘ
aperture 12 m ⓘ
collaboratingInstitution Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía ⓘ
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute ⓘ
MIT Haystack Observatory ⓘ
National Radio Astronomy Observatory ⓘ
University of Arizona ⓘ
constructionStatus operational ⓘ
contributesTo Event Horizon Telescope black hole images published in 2019 and later ⓘ
country Greenland ⓘ
dataRecordedOn high-capacity recording systems for VLBI ⓘ
dataTransport shipped physical media for correlation ⓘ
environment extreme cold temperatures ⓘ
polar ⓘ
firstLight mid-2010s ⓘ
locatedOn Greenland ice sheet ⓘ
location Summit Station, Greenland ⓘ
mirrorDiameter 12 m ⓘ
mountType alt-azimuth mount ⓘ
observingBand 230 GHz ⓘ
345 GHz ⓘ
operatedBy Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics ⓘ
linked to: Academia Sinica

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ⓘ
partOf EHT global VLBI network ⓘ
Event Horizon Telescope ⓘ
previousLocation Arizona Radio Observatory Submillimeter Telescope site on Mount Graham ⓘ
relocatedFrom Arizona, United States ⓘ
linked to: Arizona
relocationPurpose to provide a long north–south baseline for the Event Horizon Telescope ⓘ
requires specialized de-icing systems ⓘ
weather-hardened electronics ⓘ
roleInEHT extends EHT baseline to the Arctic ⓘ
improves angular resolution of black hole images ⓘ
scientificFocus M87* ⓘ
linked to: Messier 87

Sagittarius A* ⓘ
supermassive black holes ⓘ
surfaceAccuracy suitable for submillimeter wavelengths ⓘ
telescopeType single-dish ⓘ
usedFor Very Long Baseline Interferometry ⓘ
accretion disk studies ⓘ
active galactic nucleus observations ⓘ
black hole imaging ⓘ
jet physics studies ⓘ
submillimeter astronomy ⓘ
wavelengthRange submillimeter ⓘ

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Event Horizon Telescope → hasComponent → Greenland Telescope ⓘ