Norfolk in Tasmania and at many major radio observatories around the world: Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory and Grote Reber Museum, Cambridge, Tasmania, Australia Parkes Observatory, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia Molonglo Observatory, Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia Dwingeloo Radio Observatory, Netherlands Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, England Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridgeshire, England Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, British Columbia, Canada NASA Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope, California United States Naval Observatory, D.C. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Greenbank, West Virginia Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico University of Illinois Radio Telescope, Vermillion County, Illinois University of California at Davis University of Hawaii, on the summit of Haleakala Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, India Tuorla Observatory, Turku, Finland Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory, Russia Honorary awards Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Ohio State University (1962) Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1962) Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1962) Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute (physics, 1963) Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1983) Legacy Asteroid 6886 Grote The Grote Reber Medal was established by the Trustees of the Grote Reber Foundation. Grote Reber Museum at the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory, Cambridge, Tasmania, opened 20 January 2008 See also John D. Kraus Radiophysics Notes References Peter L. Manly. Unusual Telescopes. Cambridge University Press, 1995, p. 77. Joseph L. Spadley. "The First True Radio Telescope". Sky and Telescope vol.76:no. 1 (1988) pp. 3, 28–30 Paul A. Feldman. "Grote Reber: Yesterday and Today". Sky and Telescope vol.76:no. 1(1988) p. 31 Chicago Sunday Times. What is It?. May 7, 1939 article about Wheaton, Illinois; mentions Peter Reber's "atmospheric static finder". Kraus, J. D. Grote Reber – Founder of Radio Astronomy. R.A.S. Canada. Journal V. 82, No. 3/Jun, p. 107, 198pp External links Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society "Obituary" The Grote Reber Doctoral Fellowship at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory Guardian "obituary" "Engineer whose invention of the radio telescope – built in his back garden – transformed postwar astronomy" Grote Reber, ex-W9GFZ The Grote Reber Museum 1911 births 2002 deaths Amateur radio people American astronomers American emigrants to Australia Australian physicists American atheists Illinois Institute of Technology alumni People from Wheaton, Illinois University of Tasmania faculty Radio astronomers