Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies
The Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies (CRAF) is an Expert Committee of
the European Science Foundation (ESF).
Some details of the Pico Veleta radio observatory (operated by the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique, IRAM):
| geographic longitude: | -03o 23' 34" |
| geographic latitude: | 37o 03' 58" |
| altitude above sea level: | 2850 meter |
| diameter telescope: | 30 meter |
| minimum elevation: 0o |
Available observing mode: single dish, Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI).
Frequencies used currently:
Research programs: galactic research (circumstellar envelopes, interstellar medium: molecules and dust), Very Long Baseline Interferometry at mm wavelengths, near extra-galactic research (molecules and dust, star formation).