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Green Bank’s first 12- foot MM-wave telescope

12-foot telescope at Green Bank

Our first millimeter-wave telescope was this 12-foot dish in Green Bank run by Dr. Frank Drake. The small stone building underneath held the telescope’s control equipment.

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