RATAN-600
(Radio Astronomical Telescope Academy Nauk 600)
(ring-shaped radio telescope in Russia)
RATAN-600 (for
Radio Astronomical Telescope Academy Nauk 600)
is a radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya, Russia, featuring
895 rectangular reflectors arranged in a ring 576 meters' across.
The reflectors can be individually adjusted to reflect the radio
signal to its receivers, optionally indirectly through more reflectors.
This configuration gives it the angular resolution of a 576-meter
dish but with an effective collecting area (considering the
angling needed to converge the signal) on the order of 1000 square
meters. Angling the reflectors gives it more utility,
but it is most effective observing the zenith,
at which it can achieve arcminute angular resolution.
at a 10-cm wavelength.
(telescope,radio,Russia,ground)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RATAN-600
https://www.sao.ru/ratan/
https://pages.astronomy.ua.edu/keel/telescopes/ratan.html
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/07/ratan-600-worlds-largest-radio-telescope.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002ESASP.506..939G/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020gbar.conf...32S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020gbar.conf..432N/abstract
WaveL | Freq | Photon Energy | | |
1.38cm | 22GHz | 90μeV | begin | RATAN-600 |
31.1cm | 964MHz | 4.0μeV | end | RATAN-600 |
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