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Observatories: Arecibo

The 305m [Arecibo telescope] is the largest single dish telescope in the world. Its just awesome. I've had the prillage of using this for a project I'm part of, GALFACTS, and its an amazing sight and pretty scary up at the reciever platform.

Arecibo Dish

platform shadow

looking down on arecibo receiver dome

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Stewart [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Roughly, how high up is the receiver platform?

Posted by Stewart [TypeKey Profile Page] | September 27, 2011 10:07 PM

Posted on September 27, 2011 22:07

krioma [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Its about 150m up - and the whole thing weighs around 900 tonnes!

Posted by krioma [TypeKey Profile Page] | October 5, 2011 7:37 AM

Posted on October 5, 2011 07:37

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