The National Radio Astronomy Observation

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Stock #:170163
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Green Bank
State: West Virginia (WV)
County: Pocahontas
Publisher: Nelson Jones
Postmark: 1968 Jun-13
Postmark City: Beckley
Postmark State: W. Va
Stamp: 5C
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Recipient Address:Mrs. Esther Nixon
418 Navahoe Road
Cleveland, OH 51

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Series DT-54051-B
Radio astronomy is a study of the heavens by means of radio waves. The radio signals have been traveling at a rate of 186,000 miles per second, and what is now being recorded here happened Ten billion years ago. This picture shows the Howard E. Tatel 85 ft. radio telescope.

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