Haystack Observatory - MIT

The Haystack Observatory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is an interdisciplinary research center engaged in radio astronomy, geodesy, atmospheric sciences, and radar applications. The radio-astronomy program is conducted under the auspices of the Northeast Radio Observatory Corporation (NEROC), a consortium of 13 educational and research institutions in the northeast, which operates the Haystack radio telescope under agreement with MIT. Haystack Observatory is located in the adjoining towns of Westford, Tyngsborough, and Groton, Massachusetts, about 35 miles northwest of the MIT campus in Cambridge.