China Sky Eye
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China Sky Eye is the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, located in Guizhou, China, and used for cutting-edge research in radio astronomy, pulsars, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical observatory
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radio telescope ⓘ single-dish radio telescope ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FAST
NERFINISHED
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Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| altNameInChinese | 中国天眼 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| altNameLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| collectingArea | approximately 196000 square meters ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2011-03-25 ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| designInspiredBy | Arecibo Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dishDiameter | 500 meters ⓘ |
| effectiveAperture | 300 meters ⓘ |
| environmentalRequirement | radio-quiet zone ⓘ |
| estimatedCost | about 1.2 billion yuan ⓘ |
| firstLightDate | 2016-09-25 ⓘ |
| frequencyRange | 70 MHz to 3 GHz ⓘ |
| fundingBody | National Development and Reform Commission of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Chinese government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
high-sensitivity pulsar surveys
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spectral line observations ⓘ very long baseline interferometry support ⓘ |
| hasReceiver | L-band 19-beam receiver ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 2016-09-25 ⓘ |
| locatedInKarstDepression | Yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| location | Pingtang County, Guizhou, China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingOrganization | National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableDiscovery |
large number of new pulsars
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numerous millisecond pulsars ⓘ |
| numberOfPanels | about 4450 ⓘ |
| officialOpeningToInternationalAstronomers | 2021-03 ⓘ |
| operator | Chinese Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMirrorType | active reflector ⓘ |
| primaryScienceField | radio astronomy ⓘ |
| province | Guizhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
basic scientific research
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search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) ⓘ |
| rank | world’s largest single-dish radio telescope ⓘ |
| researchArea |
fast radio bursts
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galactic and extragalactic astronomy ⓘ gravitational wave-related pulsar timing ⓘ interstellar medium ⓘ neutral hydrogen (HI) surveys ⓘ pulsars ⓘ search for extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ |
| shape | spherical ⓘ |
| siteSelectionReason |
karst depression topography
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low radio-frequency interference ⓘ |
| startOfOperations | 2020-01-11 ⓘ |
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