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  • Радиотелескоп РАТАН-600. Photo 1
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Description

RATAN-600 (Radio Astronomy Telescope of the Academy of Sciences) is the world's largest radio telescope with a variable-profile ring antenna with a diameter of about 600 meters. This radio telescope belongs to the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

It is located near the village of Zelenchukskaya in the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia at an altitude of 970 meters above sea level. RATAN-600 is a significant object of radio astronomy and is an instrument for collective use.

The main advantages of RATAN-600 are its high sensitivity to brightness temperature and multi-frequency. It is used to carry out mass measurements of galactic and extragalactic radio sources at various frequencies: 1.2, 2.3, 4.7, 8.2, 11.2 and 22.3 GHz.

The idea of using variable profile antennas for radio astronomy was proposed by Professor Semyon Khaikin and Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Naum Kaidanovsky. This idea was successfully implemented at the Pulkovo Observatory, which served as the basis for the construction of a larger radio telescope RATAN-600.

RATAN-600 was built over several years from 1968 to 1976. Its construction required significant effort and resources, and as a result it became an important tool for radio astronomy research.

Together with the RTF-32 radio telescope, located 4.5 km to the south, RATAN-600 forms a significant part of the radio astronomy infrastructure of the region and actively attracts scientists from all over the world to conduct scientific research.

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