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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory
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
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
surface form: Chinese government
governingBody Chinese Academy of Sciences
hasFeature active reflector surface
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
surface form: National Astronomical Observatories of China
notableDiscovery numerous new pulsars
numberOfPanels about 4450 triangular reflector panels
observes fast radio bursts
neutral hydrogen line at 21 cm
pulsars
openForOperationsDate 2020-01
operator Chinese Academy of Sciences
National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
surface form: National Astronomical Observatories of China
primaryMirrorDiameter 500 meters
scientificPurpose fast radio burst detection
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
galactic and extragalactic astronomy
gravitational wave studies via pulsar timing arrays
wavelength radio

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Arecibo Observatory surpassedBy Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
Vega signal project relatedConcept Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
this entity surface form: Arecibo-like radio telescopes