RATAN-600 radio telescope (Academy of Science Radio Telescope), Special Astrophysical Observatory, Caucasus, Russia

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The RATAN-600 radio telescope (Academy of Science Radio Telescope), which consists of a 576 m diameter circle of rectangular radio reflectors, is also based at the observatory at an altitude of 970 m. Each of the 895 2× m reflectors can be pointed towards a central conical receiver or to one of five cylindric reflectors. Each reflector is combined with instrumentation cabin. The overall effect is that of a partially steerable antenna with the resolving power of a 600 m diameter dish (when using the central conical receiver), making it the world's largest diameter individual radio telescope.

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Location: Special Astrophysical Observatory, Caucasus, Russia
Photo credit: © Mikhail Turnovskiy / Alamy / Afripics
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