FAST radio telescope

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:FAST
gptkbp:aperture 500 meters
gptkbp:completedIn 2016
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 2011
gptkbp:cost 1.2 billion yuan
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Nan_Rendong
gptkbp:diameter 500 meters
gptkbp:elevation ~1100 meters
gptkbp:fieldOfView 2.9 square degrees
gptkbp:firstLight September 2016
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:National_Development_and_Reform_Commission_of_China
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label FAST radio telescope
gptkbp:inaugurated September 25, 2016
gptkbp:largestFilledApertureRadioTelescope true
gptkbp:location gptkb:Pingtang_County,_Guizhou,_China
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:China_Sky_Eye
gptkbp:notableEvent opened to international proposals in 2021
gptkbp:notableFinds over 700 new pulsars
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Five-hundred-meter_Aperture_Spherical_Telescope
gptkbp:openedToInternationalScientists 2021
gptkbp:openToPublic limited
gptkbp:operator gptkb:National_Astronomical_Observatories,_Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:pieceCount 4450
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Arecibo_Observatory
gptkbp:purpose radio astronomy
gptkbp:receivers 19-beam L-band receiver
ultra-wideband receiver
gptkbp:sensitivity 2 mJy
gptkbp:servesArea ~40 degrees from zenith
gptkbp:startYear 1994
gptkbp:structureType fixed parabolic reflector
gptkbp:surface aluminum panels
gptkbp:usedFor search for extraterrestrial intelligence
fast radio burst detection
neutral hydrogen survey
pulsar observation
gptkbp:website http://fast.bao.ac.cn/en/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Guizhou
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5