China begins trial operations with world’s largest solar telescope array | Space

China begins trial operations with world’s largest solar telescope array | Space

The world's largest array of sun-monitoring radio telescopes has begun trial operations in southwest China.

The Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope (DSRT) consists of 313 dishes, each with a diameter of 19.7 feet (6 meters), forming a circle with a circumference of 1.95 miles (3.14 kilometers). A 328-feet-high (100 m) calibration tower stands in the center of the ring.

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Publisher: Space.com
Date: 2023-07-27T18:00:26Z
Author: Andrew Jones
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