25/7 Today, China began to install a radio telescope with a diameter of 500 m is to be the world's largest in the mountains of Guizhou province, China.
The telescope is to be the world's largest installed in Guizhou, China - Xinhua.
This telescope pan area of 30 football pitch, was assembled by 4.450 triangular panels are 11 meters long each plate, website China.org.cn said.
When the installation is complete, named FAST telescope will be greater than the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico astronomers have a diameter of about 300 m.
Nan Rendong, terms FAST program manager, said the larger pan will be more receptive to signals tiny, weak. "A radio telescope like sensitive ears, hear the signal from the universe. It can also identify the sound of cicadas in a storm, "said Nan said.
Pans are built, shaped like a bowl backstroke. "There are three hills situated about 500 meters away from each other, creating a perfect valley to installing telescopes," Sun Caihong, FAST's chief engineer, said.
Large pans hanging by thousands of steel poles and cables. An observation area atop the hill is being built for use with the public. Wu Xiangping, general director of the Chinese Astronomical Society, said that for years the Chinese scientists working with data from telescopes of other countries.
"There is a more sensitive telescopes, we can receive radio signals weaker and farther. It will help us search for intelligent life outside the galaxy and discover the origin of the universe," Mr. Wu said.
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