Category: Green Bank Observer

  • The Observer: Volume II, Issue 1

    Download a PDF of the newsletter Director’s News We have just finished our first full calendar year as the Green Bank Observatory. It has been an incredibly busy year filled with many accomplishments, including the first high frequency seasons of the MUSTANG-2 and ARGUS high frequency instruments, and the commissioning of FLAG (and its associated…

  • The Observer – Volume I, Issue 4

    Download the print (PDF) version of this newsletter. This month marks both the 60th anniversary of the dedication of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory here in Green Bank, and the one-year anniversary of the creation of the Green Bank Observatory.

  • The Observer – Volume I, Issue 3

    Director’s News A very happy Fourth of July to everyone, and I hope your summer is as filled with fun science and education as ours is here in Green Bank. Our summer hires have, as usual, added an additional 50% to the overall staff here, and span the range from people painting the telescope, interns…

  • The Observer Vol 1 Issue 2 – April 2017

    DIRECTOR’S NEWS The last few months have seen many exciting developments at the Green Bank Observatory. Two new 3-mm wavelength instruments are having an excellent first full high frequency season – ARGUS, a 16-pixel spectroscopy contend, and MUSTANG-2, a 223-pixel feedhorn bolometer – and we are looking forward to publication of the instrument’s science results.…

  • Green Bank Observer Vol 1, Issue 1

    Print version – Observer Newsletter Q1 IN THIS ISSUE Director’s Notes Upcoming Events News History Meet the Staff Career Opportunities Director’s Notes Welcome to the first issue of The Observer, the Green Bank Observatory’s quarterly newsletter.  As many of you are aware, after almost 60 years in the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, we have branched…

  • Observer Training Workshops

    Spring 2017 GBT Observer Training Workshop May 15 – 19, 2017, Green Bank Observatory The GBT Observer Training Workshop will provide the essential skills and knowledge that observers need to maximize the scientific output of their use of the Green Bank Telescope. After completing the workshop, attendees will be certified to remotely observe with GBT.…

  • Transformative Science for the Next Decades with the Green Bank Observatory

    Big Questions, Large Programs, and New Instruments (October 16-20): With new instruments and excellent performance, the 100m Green Bank Telescope is only just reaching its full potential. On this 60th anniversary of the ground breaking for the Green Bank Observatory, we are holding a workshop looking toward the next 10, 20, and even 60 years…