Sunday, March 18, 2012

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars [Space]

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars [Space]:
These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the StarsThe visible light comprises a minuscule fraction of the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Radio telescopes allow us to observe what cannot be seen, like microwave background radiation—the echo of the Big Bang. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 18 of the most expansive intergalactic listening stations.
Be sure to also check out these incredible planetarium projectors, these mechanical planetary models, and some more wondrous telescopes.
These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Arecibo Observatory Aerial

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

ESO Submillimetre, Chile

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Astropeiler

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

P-400 Ukraine

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Standing inside the dish at Jodrell Bank

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Underneath the mesh at Arecibo

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Ooty Radio Telescope

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Jodrell Bank

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Parkes Radio Telescope

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Chilbolton radio telescope, UK

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope WSRT

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Russian Spektr R space-born radio telescope

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

ADU-1000

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Bell Labs Horn Antenna, NJ

Possibly the most important and unusual telescope of all - the one where the echo of the Big Bang was discovered.
These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Green Bank Telescope

Largest steerable telescope in the world.
These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

Mount Pleasant Radio Telescope, Tasmania

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

TNA-1500 radio telescope, Russia

These Giant Radio Telescopes Tune in to the Stars

South Pole radio telescope

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