FAST 500 m spherical radio telescope
Radiotelescopio esférico FAST de 500 m
- Date
- 2016 · confidence high
- Place
- Dawodang, Pingtang, Guizhou, China
- Credited to
- Nan Rendong and the National Astronomical Observatories (CAS)
- People
- 👤 Nan Rendong1945–2017
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What it is
A 500 m diameter radio telescope in a karst depression, with an active surface of 4450 panels that deforms to form a paraboloid. It is the most sensitive single-dish radio telescope in the world.
What it led to
- discovery of hundreds of new pulsars
- observation of fast radio bursts