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Observed Interstellar Molecular Microwave Transitions, Table 3
Table 3. List of Telescope Abbreviations employed in Table 4
| Abbreviation | Location |
|---|---|
| ARO 46 m | Algonquin Radio Observatory Lake Traverse Ontario, Canada |
| ARO 12 m | Arizona Radio Observatory (prior NRAO 12m) University of Arizona Tuscon, AZX 85721 |
| ARO SMT 10 m | Arizona Radio Observatory Submillimeter Telescope Mount Graham, AZ |
| APEX 12 m | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie European Southern Observatory Onsala Space Observatory Llano de Chanjnantor, Chile |
| Arecibo 350 m | Arecibo Observatory Puerto Rico |
| ATCA Array | Australia Telescope Compact Array Australia Telescope National Facility Narabi, Australia |
| BIMA Array | Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association Array Hat Creek Radio Observatory Hat Creek, California |
| BTL 7 m | Bell Telephone Laboratory Holmdel, New Jersey |
| CAdY 13.7 m | Centro Astromico de Yebes Guadalajara, Spain |
| CARMA Array | Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-Wave Astronomy Cedar Flat, CA |
| CSO 10.4 m | Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Mauna Kea, Hawaii |
| FCRAO 14 m | Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory Quabbin Reservoir, Massachusetts |
| Hale 5 m | Hale Telescope Mount Palomar, California |
| HHT 10 m | Heinrich Hertz Telescope Mt. Graham, Arizona |
| IRAM 30 m | Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique Picoveleta, Spain |
| IRT 13.7 m | Itapetinga Radio Telescope Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| IRTF 3 m | Infrared Telescope Facility Mauna Kea, Hawaii |
| ISO 0.6 m | Infrared Space Observatory European Space Agency |
| ISO-LWS | ISO Satellite Long Wavelength Spectrometer The European Space Agency Infrared Soave Telescope 1995-1998 |
| JCMT 15 m | James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Mauna Kea, Hawaii |
| KAO 1 m | G.P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory |
| KOSMA 3 m | Kölner Observatorium für Submm-Astronomie Gornergrat, Switzerland |
| MMWO 4.9 m | McDonald Millimeter Wave Observatory Fort Davis, Texas |
| MPI 100 m | Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie Effelsberg, Germany |
| NASA-C 70 m | NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex Australia |
| NASA DSN 70 m | NASA Goldstone Deep Space Network Telescope Goldstone, California |
| NEROC 37 m | Northeast Radio Observatory Corporation Haystack Observatory Westford, Massachusetts |
| NMA Array | Nobeyama Millimeter Array University of Tokyo Nobeyama, Japan |
| NRAO 11 m & 12 m | National Radio Astronomy Observatory Kitt Peak, Arizona (now the ARO 12m) |
| NRAO 43 m (140 ft) | National Radio Astronomy Observatory Green Bank, West Virginia |
| NRAO 100 m (140 ft) | Green Bank Telescope National Radio Astronomy Observatory Green Bank, West Virginia |
| NRL 26 m (85 ft) | Naval Research Laboratory Maryland Point Observatory, Maryland |
| NRO 45 m | Nobeyama Radio Observatory University of Tokyo Nobeyama, Japan |
| Odin | Odin Satellite Swedish Space Corporation, Sweden |
| OSO 20 m | Onsala Space Observatory Onsala, Sweden |
| OSO 25.6 m | Onsala Space Observatory Onsala, Sweden |
| OVRO 10.4 m | Owens Valley Radio Observatory Owens Valley, California |
| Parkes 64 m | Division of Radiophysics CSIRO Parkes, Australia |
| PdBI Array | IRAM interferometer on Plateau De Bure Département des Hautes Alpes, France |
| PIROG7 60 cm | PIROG7 balloon experiment European Space Agency |
| SEST 15 m | Swedish ESO Submillimeter Telescope LaSilla, Chile |
| SMA Array | Submillimeter Array Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Academia Sinica Inst. of Astronomy and Astrophysics Hawaii |
| SRCAL 25 m | SRC Appleton Laboratory Chilbolton Observatory Stockbridge, Hants, England |
| TAO 6 m | Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Tokyo, Japan |
| TRAO 14 m | Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory Korea Astronomy Observatory Whaam, Yusong, Taejon 305-348, Korea |
| UKIRT 3.8 m | UK Infrared Telescope Mauna Kea, Hawaii |
| VLA | Very Large Array National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro, New Mexico |
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Created June 13, 2018, Updated August 13, 2025