Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies

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


Radio astronomy in Spain:


Some details of the Yebes radio observatory (operated by the IGN Osservatorio Astronómico Nacional):

geographic longitude:-03o 05'22"
geographic latitude:40o 31'27"
altitude above sea level:981 meter
diameter telescope:14 meter
minimum elevation: 4o
diameter telescope:40 meter
minimum elevation: 0o

Available observing mode: single dish, Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI).

Frequencies used currently:
Frequency bandObserving mode
1610.6 - 1613.8 MHzsingle dish, VLBI
1660.0 - 1670.0 MHzsingle dish, VLBI
1718.8 - 1722.2 MHzsingle dish
2215 - 2240 MHzVLBI
2290 - 2300 MHzVLBI
6.0 - 6.1 GHzsingle dish
8208 - 8313 MHzVLBI
8387 - 8443 MHzVLBI
8498 - 8573 MHzVLBI
22.01 - 22.21 GHzsingle dish
22.21 - 22.50 GHzsingle dish
22.81 - 22.86 GHzsingle dish
23.07 - 23.12 GHzsingle dish
23.60 - 24.0 GHzsingle dish
29 - 37 GHzVLBI
42.5 - 43.5 GHzsingle dish, VLBI
43.5 - 47.0 GHzsingle dish, VLBI
47.2 - 50.2 GHzsingle dish
76.0 - 77.5 GHzsingle dish
77.5 - 78 GHzsingle dish
78 - 79 GHzsingle dish
79 - 81 GHzsingle dish
81 - 84 GHzsingle dish
84 - 86 GHzsingle dish
86.0 - 92.0 GHzsingle dish
92.0 - 94.0 GHzsingle dish
94.0 - 94.1 GHzsingle dish
94.1 - 95.0 GHzsingle dish
95.0 - 100.0 GHzsingle dish
100.0 - 102.0 GHzsingle dish
102.0 - 105.0 GHzsingle dish
105.0 - 109.5 GHzsingle dish
109.5 - 111.8 GHzsingle dish
111.8 - 114.25 GHzsingle dish
114.25 - 116 GHzsingle dish

Research programs: mm-wave spectroscopy of interstellar and circumstellar matter, Very Long Baseline Interferometry.


Last modified: February 16, 2005