PROFESSIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY LINKS

Here you'll find links to various professional radio astronomy institutions, observatories and publications. This page will be updated and interesting links will be added from time to time. Any suggestion is welcome.

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Institutions
Jodrell Bank: The Jodrell Bank observatory and control center near Manchester.
NRAO: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the USA
ATNF: The Australian National Telescope Facility which operates 8 Australian telescopes.
NAIC: The National Astronomy and Ionospheric Center in Puerto Rico (Arecibo).
The Cavendish Astrophysics Group: University of Cambridge.
University of Florida Department of Astronomy: Jupiter Decametric studies.
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune University, India: mm-wave and UHF observations.
Radio Astronomy Group, University of Tasmania: cm-wave radio astronomy.
Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE): JIVE is part of the European VLBI Network and operates and further develops the EVN MkIV VLBI Data Processor.
European VLBI Network (EVN): Network of radio telescopes situated mostly in Europe used for interferometric studies.

Observatories
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO): In Penticon, BC, Canada - Run by the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics.
Merlin Users Guide: Merlin is the interferometer system run from Jodrell Bank.
Live data from the Jodrell Bank telescopes: A page at the Jodrell Bank site showing live status data for all their telescopes.
NRAO telescopes: A page at the NRAO website that lists all NRAO observatories.
Arecibo: An information page on the Arecibo telescope.
Lots of radio astronomy links: A links page on the ANTF site.
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory: 10.4m dish in Hawaii.
Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory: Co-operative venture between University of Massechusetts, Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College - mm-wave radio astronomy.
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO): Run by the National Science Foundation of South Africa.
Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST): Run by the University of Sydney - UHF observations.
Mauritius Radio Telescope (MRT): Run by University of Mauritius, Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the Raman Research Institute. Sky surveys, galactic map, point source catalogue of Southern Sky and pulsar studies at 150MHz.
Sub-Millimeter Array: Run by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics of Taiwan.
The Effelsberg 100m Radio Telescope: Run by Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy.

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
The Big Ear Radio Observatory: Now demolished, but played an important part in SETI. See the paper on the Argus telescope, a revolutionary concept in radio telescopes.

Surveys and Databases
Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS): Run by the University of Calgary Radio Astronomy Laboratory.
Radio Astronomy Surveys and Databases: Long list of Radio Astronomy Surveys and Databases kept on the University of Calgary Radio Astronomy Laboratory site.