Description
Established on 24 February 1996, its current configuration consists of a 32-metre, fully steerable parabolic, centimetre-wave range antenna (RT-32) and a 16-metre diameter antenna (RT-16). The bigger one is the largest radio telescope in northern Europe and the world's eighth largest. This combination of size and precision engineering makes the larger dish especially valuable to scientists. The structure was built by a naval factory in the Ukraine, and the interiors are reminiscent of a ship.
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