Astronomy & Cosmology
Ooty Radio Telescope
1970Govind Swarup and teamOoty (Tamil Nadu)Tamil Nadu
1970
A large cylindrical radio telescope on a hill slope aligned with Earth's axis, used to study radio sources by lunar occultation.
- Dated
- 1970
- As scholars put it
- 1970
- Originator
- Govind Swarup and team
- Source text
- Ooty (Tamil Nadu)
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Discipline
- Astronomy & Cosmology
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Older-generation instrument, superseded in capability by GMRT.
Path to modern innovation
Launched Indian radio astronomy.
1970Ooty Radio Telescope
1990Transmission
Designed and built in India.
References
- 1Swarup et al., Nature (1971)
Further reading
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