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THE ARECIBO TELESCOPE Listening to The Stars
THE ARECIBO TELESCOPEListening to The Stars
The Arecibo Telescope
Built in 1963
Designed as a radio telescope
It’s location can track as far away as Saturn.
The Design 305 metres in diameter
167 feet deep
40,000 aluminum panels
Towers holding a receiver are as tallas 365 ft.
The Receiver
•Receiver is 900 tonnes•Receiver is suspended 150 m above surface•“Bow” is 365 feet long•Gregorian Dome on one side, antenna on other side
Images of Arecibo Telescope
Arecibo In The Movies
A Great Slide Ride
THE ARECIBO TELESCOPEListening to The Stars
