Bleien Radio Observatory

Gränichen, Switzerland · built 1979

Bleien Radio Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory located halfway between Zürich and Bern in Switzerland. Its focus is on large bandwidth radio spectroscopy. The observatory is near the village of Bleien, 5 km south of Gränichen in the Canton of Aargau. The place is in a shallow valley that is relatively well protected against terrestrial interference.

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