Reber Telescope Unit
Subject
Description
Grote Reber arrived in Green Bank in late 1958 and in 1959-1960 oversaw the reconstruction of his original Wheaton antenna. In 1990 the Reber antenna was declared a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. This unit includes materials related to the effort to obtain the Historic Landmark designation for the telescope, and covers the period 1958-1990
Creator
Records of the NRAO
Relation
See the Wheaton Antenna Unit in the Papers of Grote Reber, which includes correspondence, notes, papers, and drawings for the original 1936-1938 construction in Wheaton IL, as well as Reber's Green Bank reconstruction drawings.
Type
Text
Start Date
1958
End Date
1990
Series
Green Bank WV Operations Series
Size of Item
1 folder
Citation
Records of the NRAO, “Reber Telescope Unit,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed August 17, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/30673.