Medicina Radio Observatory

Medicina Radio Observatory

Photo by Paolo Monti, 1974
Organization	Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna National Institute for Astrophysics
Location	Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Coordinates	44°31′15″N 11°38′49″E / 44.5208°N 11.6469°E / 44.5208; 11.6469
Website	www.med.ira.inaf.it/index.html
Telescopes	Medicina 32-m radio telescope Northern Cross Radio Telescope
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The Medicina Radio Observatory is an astronomical observatory located 30 km from Bologna, Italy. It is operated by the Institute for Radio Astronomy of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) of the government of Italy.

The site includes:

• 32-metre diameter parabolic antenna for observing between 1.4 and 23 GHz. The 32-m antenna is used as a single-dish instrument for astrophysical observations (such as water and methanol maser spectroscopy), SETI experiments and radar monitoring of Near Earth Objects. In interferometric mode it functions as a VLBI station, part of the European VLBI Network (EVN).^[1]
• 564 by 640 m (30000 square meter) multi-element Northern Cross cylindrical-parabolic transit radio telescope for observing at 408 MHz.^[2]