The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. As of 2018, the observatory is operated by University of Central Florida, Yang Enterprises and UMET, under cooperative agreement with the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Satellite view is showing the Arecibo Observatory located near the town of Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The very sensitive radio telescope is owned by the United States, and administered as a national facility by the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC).

• Type: Tourist attraction
• Description: observatory located in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
• Category: astronomical observatory
• Location: Arecibo, Northern Coast, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America

Puerto Rico Telescope

Also Known As

• Arabic: مرصد أرسيبو
• Arabic: مقراب أرسيبو الكاشوفي
• Basque: Areciboko irrati-teleskopioa
• Belarusian: Абсерваторыя Арэсіба
• Bengali: আরেসিবো মানমন্দির
• Bosnian: Opservatorija Arecibo
• Burmese: အာရီစီဘို နက္ခတာရာကြည့်မျှော်စင်
• Catalan: Observatori d'Arecibo
• Catalan: Radiotelescopi dArecibo
• Chinese: 阿雷西博天文台
• Croatian: Zvjezdarnica Arecibo
• Czech: Observatoř Arecibo
• Danish: Arecibo-Observatoriet
• Dutch: Arecibo-observatorium
• Dutch: Arecibo
• Egyptian Arabic: مرصد اريسيبو
• English: NAIC
• English: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
• Esperanto: Observatorio Arecibo
• Estonian: Arecibo observatoorium
• Finnish: Arecibon radioteleskooppi
• French: NAIC
• French: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
• French: Observatoire astronomique d'Arecibo
• French: observatoire d'Arecibo
• German: Arecibo-Observatorium
• German: NAIC
• German: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
• German: William-E.-Gordon-Teleskop
• Greek: Ραδιοτηλεσκόπιο του Αρεσίμπο
• Hebrew: מצפה הכוכבים ארסיבו
• Hindi: आरेसिबो वेधशाला
• Hindi: एरेसिबो वेधशाला
• Hungarian: Arecibo Obszervatórium
• Indonesian: Observatorium Arecibo
• Irish: Réadlann Arecibo
• Italian: Radiotelescopio di Arecibo
• Italian: osservatorio di Arecibo
• Japanese: アレシボ天文台
• Korean: 아레시보 천문대
• Lithuanian: Aresibo observatorija
• Luxembourgish: Arecibo Observatoire
• Malay: Balai Cerap Arecibo
• Malayalam: എറിസിബോ റേഡിയോ ടെലിസ്കോപ്പ്
• Marathi: अरेकिबो वेधशाळा
• Marathi: अरेसीबो वेधशाळा
• Norwegian: Arecibo-observatoriet
• Norwegian Bokmål: Arecibo-observatoriet
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Arecibo-observatoriet
• Persian: رصدخانه آرسیبو
• Polish: Obserwatorium Arecibo
• Romanian: Observatorul Arecibo
• Russian: Аресибо (обсерватория)
• Russian: Аресибо
• Russian: Обсерватория Аресибо
• Serbian: Aresibo
• Slovak: Arecibo Observatory
• Spanish: Centro Nacional de Astronomía e Ionosfera
• Spanish: Radiotelescopio de Arecibo
• Swedish: Arecibo-observatoriet
• Tamil: அரிசிபோ வானிலை ஆய்வுக்கூடம்
• Thai: หอดูดาวอาเรซิโบ
• Thai: หอดูดาวอาเรซีโบ
• Turkish: Arecibo Gözlemevi
• Ukrainian: Аресібська обсерваторія
• Ukrainian: Обсерваторія Аресібо
• Vietnamese: Đài quan sát Arecibo
• Vietnamese: Đài thiên văn Arecibo
• Observatorio de Arecibo

Other Places Named Arecibo Observatory

• Arecibo ObservatoryBuilding, Puerto Rico
• Arecibo ObservatoryBuilding, Puerto Rico

In the Area

Localities

Arecibo Observatory Telescope

• Campamento Radley4 km east
• La Esperanza4 km north
• BayaneySuburb, 6 km west
• CayucoNeighborhood, 6 km south

Landmarks

• Quebrada PastoValley, 4½ km southwest
• Río Abajo State ForestNature reserve, 4½ km east
• Caguana Indian Ceremonial Park MuseumMuseum, 5 km southwest
• Parque Ceremonial de Indigena CaguanaPark, 5 km southwest

Other Places

• Angel Ramos Visitor and Education FacilityBuilding
• Observatorio de Arecibo270 metres south
• Hoya CañaDepression, 2½ km north
• Escuela Domingo Arana MárquezSchool, 4 km northwest

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