Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
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The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is a massive radio telescope in China and currently the world’s largest single-dish radio observatory, used for studying pulsars, interstellar matter, and the search for extraterrestrial signals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope canonical | 2 |
| Arecibo-like radio telescopes | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
astronomical observatory
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radio telescope ⓘ scientific instrument ⓘ single-dish radio telescope ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | China Sky Eye ⓘ |
| altitude | about 1100 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| completionDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| constructionCost |
approximately 1.2 billion yuan
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approximately 170 million US dollars ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | built in a natural karst depression ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2011-03-25 ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| designInspiredBy | Arecibo Observatory ⓘ |
| effectiveAperture | 300 meters ⓘ |
| environmentalRequirement | radio-quiet zone ⓘ |
| firstLightDate | 2016-09-25 ⓘ |
| frequencyRange | approximately 70 MHz to 3 GHz ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
People's Republic of China government
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surface form:
Chinese government
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| governingBody | Chinese Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
active reflector surface
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cable-suspended feed support system ⓘ movable feed cabin ⓘ |
| hasReceiver | 19-beam L-band receiver ⓘ |
| isLargest | single-dish radio telescope in the world ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Dawodang depression ⓘ |
| location | Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, China ⓘ |
| managedBy |
National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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surface form:
National Astronomical Observatories of China
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| notableDiscovery | numerous new pulsars ⓘ |
| numberOfPanels | about 4450 triangular reflector panels ⓘ |
| observes |
fast radio bursts
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neutral hydrogen line at 21 cm ⓘ pulsars ⓘ |
| openForOperationsDate | 2020-01 ⓘ |
| operator |
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Astronomical Observatories of China
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| primaryMirrorDiameter | 500 meters ⓘ |
| scientificPurpose |
fast radio burst detection
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neutral hydrogen surveys ⓘ pulsar observations ⓘ search for extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ study of interstellar medium ⓘ |
| sensitivity | extremely high for pulsar detection ⓘ |
| shape | spherical ⓘ |
| shortName | FAST ⓘ |
| usedFor |
SETI experiments
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galactic and extragalactic astronomy ⓘ gravitational wave studies via pulsar timing arrays ⓘ |
| wavelength | radio ⓘ |
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Subject: Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope Description of subject: The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is a massive radio telescope in China and currently the world’s largest single-dish radio observatory, used for studying pulsars, interstellar matter, and the search for extraterrestrial signals.
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Arecibo-like radio telescopes
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Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
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