Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies

The Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies (CRAF) is a committee of the European Science Foundation (ESF).


Radio astronomy in Latvia:


Some details of the Ventspils radio observatory:

geographic longitude:21o 51'17"
geographic latitude:57o 33'12"
altitude above sea level:615 meter
diameter telescope:32 meter
minimum elevation: -1 o

Available observing mode: single dish.

Frequencies used currently:
Frequency bandObserving mode
322.0 - 328.6 MHzsingle dish
10.6 - 10.7 GHzsingle dish
12.17 - 12.19 GHzsingle dish

Research programs: solar radio astronomy, monitoring of active galactic nuclei, geodetic VLBI.


Last modified: March 16, 2004