| Inaugurated the Sardinia Radio Telescope: the second largest steerable radiotelescope in the world; Sardinia Radio Telescope | |
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| caesium | Sep 30 2013, 02:12 PM Post #1 |
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![]() Monday, September 30th at 11:00 am at St. Basil’s (CA) in the locality Pranu Sanguni will be inaugurated on Sardinia Radio Telescope. Made under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Region of Sardinia, Sardinia Radio Telescope will be the largest radio telescope in Europe and second worldwide. Designed for radio astronomy applications, geodynamics, and space sciences, the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) is a radio telescope with a primary mirror of 64 meters, with different focal positions and a frequency coverage from 0.3 to 100 GHz SRT, which is the largest radio telescope in Europe and second in the world, is located about 35 km from Cagliari in the locality Pranu Sanguni (municipality of San Basilio). The telescope is built with advanced technology which makes it one of the most advanced and powerful tools in the world for the study of radio emissions from celestial bodies and applications for geodynamics and space sciences. It can be used either as a single antenna, and network with other Italian and European radio telescopes. The system was mainly financed by MIUR, ASI and by the Sardinia Region and will be used both to study the radio sources of the Universe is to operate as a receiving station to Earth for interplanetary probes. The SRT project is part of a broad program of scientific, technological and higher education in Sardinia and is configured as a high-profile international facility. http://www.kalariseventi.com/en/lunedi-30-settembre-2013-inaugura-il-sardinia-radio-telescope/ |
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| Dust Devil | Sep 30 2013, 02:25 PM Post #2 |
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It is the second largest fully steerable single-dish radio telescope in the world, not the second largest in absolute, because radio telescopes have different configurations and typologies. The Largest fully steerable radio telescope is the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, but the largest largest single-aperture (not steerable) radio telescope in the world is that one located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. |
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| caesium | Sep 30 2013, 02:32 PM Post #3 |
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Thanks for the correction, i will modify the title. Medias magnifies the news too much .
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| libni | Sep 30 2013, 10:40 PM Post #4 |
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Great news, i can't wait to visit this giant! |
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| Algueres | Oct 1 2013, 12:33 AM Post #5 |
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I have just read that this new radiotelescope will be involved in the SETI program, the NASA's project to search the extraterrestrials in the deep space.
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| Pinkulilly | Oct 1 2013, 02:05 AM Post #6 |
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A new video of the inauguration, with a background of traditional sardinian music. |
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| Sardo-Argentino | Oct 3 2013, 11:26 PM Post #7 |
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What traditional music is it? It looks to listen bagpipes ! |
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| Pinkulilly | Oct 3 2013, 11:49 PM Post #8 |
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The music comes from a traditional instrument called Launeddas, they are triplepipes, however the sound is similar to the bagpipes. |
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| Sardo-Argentino | Oct 5 2013, 12:51 AM Post #9 |
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Thanks for the infos! |
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| Tzitra | Sep 24 2014, 05:28 AM Post #10 |
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Edited by Tzitra, Sep 24 2014, 05:29 AM.
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