The Observatory Lustbühel Graz (OLG) was completed and inaugurated in 1976 by the Federal Minister for Science and Research, Dr Hertha Firnberg. The observatory is currently operated by the University of Graz, the Space Research Institute and the Technical University of Graz. A Jupiter radio station, operated by the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has been in operation at OLG since October 1986 to measure the sporadic radio bursts from Jupiter in the decameter wavelength range at frequencies of 15 – 30 MHz. The Department of Satellite Geodesy has been operating a Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) station at the Lustbühel Observatory since 1982. Since April 2017 the solar radio antenna is operated by the Institute of Physics of the University of Graz to measure solar radio bursts as part of the international network e-CALLISTO.

geographic longitude:	15° 29′ 34″
geographic latitude:	47° 04′ 03″
altitude above sea level:	483 m
diameter of telescope 1 (Solar antenna):	log periodic antenna
minimum elevation:	42°
diameter of telescope 2 (Jupiter antennas):	2 log periodic antennas separated by 80 meters
minimum elevation:	0°

Available observing mode: single dish.

Frequencies used currently:

Frequency band	Observing mode
45 – 81 MHz	single dish
15 – 30 MHz	single dish

Research programs: solar radio astronomy, Jupiter radio monitoring