China opened the world’s largest radio telescope
BEIJING, 13 Mar — RIA Novosti, Zhanna Manukyan. The world’s largest radio telescope FAST (Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope), located in a mountainous area of Guizhou province in southwest China, opened for free visiting by tourists, reports the Xinhua news Agency.
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FAST was launched in September 2016.
It is reported that to ensure the normal operation of the telescope within a radius of five kilometers around the so-called quiet zones, which will block all the signals of mobile telecommunication devices. In this regard, before the entrance to the observation deck tourists need to Deposit your mobile phones, digital cameras, smart wristbands and other electronic devices.
In the visiting area of the telescope has multiple telephone booths, from which tourists can free to call on national numbers.
Each day the telescope can only be used by 2 thousand people. It is reported that the only paid service in the TRZ — trip on a special Shuttle and a visit to the astronomical Museum. Tourists need to pay 50 yuan (about 7 dollars) for a bus ticket, the same cost Museum.
The initiative of building a giant radio telescope was put forward by Chinese experts in 1994. The construction of the telescope, an area equal to the area of 30 soccer fields, a perimeter of 1.6 kilometers and a diameter of 500 meters, began in March 2011. The telescope is located high in the mountains in Guizhou province. The total investment in the project is estimated at 1.2 billion yuan (about us $ 180 million).