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Subj: China new radio observatory is 200 metres larger than Arecib
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For half a century, the US National Science Foundation's Arecibo telescope,
sited in Puerto Rico, has been the world's largest radio observatory. It
measures 305 meters across and among other major discoveries has confirmed
the existence of neutron stars.
The observatory also featured prominently in the movie Contact.
But now a Chinese observatory has superseded Arecibo. According to China's
Xinhua news service, installation of the 500-meter FAST radio telescope is
complete, with the last triangular reflector put into place.
The observatory is expected to begin observing the heavens in September.
Read more at:
http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/07/chinas-new-radio-observatory-is-200-meters-larger-than-arecibo/
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