"If you build it, they will come."

For your viewing pleasure - and edification - some information about our radio telescope, and the data taken with it:
    

Our radio telescope is characterized by the following:

Diameter

3.1 meters

Focal Length

1.2 meters

f-number

0.4

Beamwidth/Resolving Power

4.0 degrees

Efficiency

50-60%

Surface Precision

1 cm.

Velocity Measurements

50-25j0 km/s

System Temperature

150 K

Detection Threshold

1 to 10 K

 

 
 
 
 

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