China's FAST telescope aims to achieve full-chain localization around 2028 : space@lemmy.ml

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[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Absolutely beautiful place to put the telescope

Are the natural mountains maybe even helping to focus the reception of signals?

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Focus, no, but they probably help quite a bit to reduce noise from signal pollution from the surrounding valleys

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[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Ah yeah, I can see that

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[–] dismay3915@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

*Absolutely beautiful place to get fucked up by a gigantic telescope

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