World's largest radio telescope in Guizhou, China

[AndrewJin]

Eliminate human tyranny!
The commander wills it!

China will side with our friends in the universe!

 

[Beast]

Umm... No.

Chinese project firstly is an international collaboration. Many parts of this telescope have been built by outsiders including the radar receiver that has been built by Australia.

Also, one telescope won't suddenly change the leadership of Americans and Europeans. They have all sorts of telescopes, and trained man power.



Finally, it is astronomy, not astrology.



Why don't you return to meritocratic China than? Perhaps has something to do with the fact that western per capita incomes are 7-8 times that in China?

I would like China to be meritocratic, but it ain't meritocratic now. That is the simple fact.

And launching one telescope doesn't change it. NASA would soon be launching the James Webb Telescope, to replace Hubble Telescope. Both Hubble and James Webb Telescope would have a greater scientific impact than FAST.

I sense some sourgraped!

We dont need an indian to tell us where we stand becos you not even qualify and the yr opinion is worthless!

 

[Jlaw]

And launching one telescope doesn't change it. NASA would soon be launching the James Webb Telescope, to replace Hubble Telescope. Both Hubble and James Webb Telescope would have a greater scientific impact than FAST.

cool. but i'm not sure what this have to do with indians like you if US is to be launching new telescope?

 

[TaiShang]

cool. but i'm not sure what this have to do with indians like you if US is to be launching new telescope?

I call it "proxy mentality." Or, in the great Marx's terms, mistaking someone else's interests for one's own.

 

[Beast]

cool. but i'm not sure what this have to do with indians like you if US is to be launching new telescope?

He is so desperate to mix a radio telescope with an image telescope and then try to discredit the significant of Chinese one.

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

cool. but i'm not sure what this have to do with indians like you if US is to be launching new telescope?

Nothing. But an Indian like me, can point out and correct if one of your friends and colleagues, starts claiming that China is number 1 in astronomy.

He is so desperate to mix a radio telescope with an image telescope and then try to discredit the significant of Chinese one.

You never said radio astronomy, did you? You said, China leads astronomy.

And even in radio astronomy, China hasn't yet begun to lead the field.

 

[Beast]

You never said radio astronomy, did you? You said, China leads astronomy.

And even in radio astronomy, China hasn't yet begun to lead the field.

You sounds desperate. First of all we are talking about FAST which beats anything US has or rest the world has and then its you who suddenly talk about Hubble telescope which is a image telescope that is totally different to a radio telescope. Can you stick to the topic?

By the way, the date pick up by FAST is exclusive only to CSA for 2 years before available to other foreign scientist. More or less show the monopolize of FAST and the level of Chinese shares of the project compare to your blah blah blah of what receiver make by Australia. We just try to internationalize and market this telescope by collaborating. Without this collaboration, it still can be achieved 100% by Chinese themselves.

 

[Place Of Space]

Now we are facing the challenges: how to operate this radio telescope effectively.

 

[AndrewJin]

You sounds desperate. First of all we are talking about FAST which beats anything US has or rest the world has and then its you who suddenly talk about Hubble telescope which is a image telescope that is totally different to a radio telescope. Can you stick to the topic?

By the way, the date pick up by FAST is exclusive only to CSA for 2 years before available to other foreign scientist. More or less show the monopolize of FAST and the level of Chinese shares of the project compare to your blah blah blah of what receiver make by Australia. We just try to internationalize and market this telescope by collaborating. Without this collaboration, it still can be achieved 100% by Chinese themselves.

The followers of masters are using every opportunity to show their loyalty.

Now we are facing the challenges: how to operate this radio telescope effectively.

Hope we can hear good news from them.

 

[ahojunk]

China's FAST telescope reportedly to join search for E.T.
2016-11-04 14:00 | People's Daily Online | Editor: Li Yan

China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) has been operating in Guizhou province since September. As the world's most sensitive telescope, FAST's services are in high demand among scientists from a wide range of fields. The newest scientific "client" in line is none other than SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, based in Berkeley, California.

According to a report by South China Morning Post, SETI's Breakthrough Listen project, which is conducting a 10-year search for intelligent life in space, has partnered with FAST in order to progress toward that goal.

"Breakthrough Listen recently entered into a partnership with FAST and the National Astronomic Observatory of China," the co-director of Breakthrough Listen, Andrew Siemion, was quoted as saying.

FAST's international media bureau did not respond to a request from People's Daily Online to verify this partnership. However, as early as September, the New York Times detailed SETI's intention to "piggyback" on FAST scans being done for purposes other than to search for intelligent life.

"They're very keen to collaborate," Dan Werthimer, chief scientist of the SETI research center in Berkeley, was quoted as saying. "We can use the telescope at the same time that they're doing more traditional astronomy to search for E.T."

Currently, SETI's foremost goal is to observe a star unofficially known as Tabby's star, approximately 1,500 light years from Earth. According to South China Morning Post, the star first came to notice in September 2015 when American astronomer Tabetha Boyajian observed it dimming irregularly for periods of several consecutive days. Boyajian thought the dimming fit the pattern of a celestial body influenced by a Dyson sphere, a hypothetical structure that encompasses a star and harnesses the star's energy.

SETI believes that Tabby star's dimming could be caused by an intelligent civilization harnessing its energy. For that reason, the organization is eager to utilize FAST's power to examine the star closely – more closely than any other telescope is capable of doing.

According to Siemons, "We are very excited to work with our colleagues in China on conducting SETI observations with FAST, including of Tabby's star. Within its frequency range, FAST is the most sensitive telescope in the world capable of conducting SETI observations of Tabby's star, and will be able to detect the weakest signals."

However, Chinese scientists seem less confident in the viability of the collaboration. One researcher, who spoke with South China Morning Post on the condition of anonymity, guessed that there would be little opportunity to search for intelligent life in the next several years.

"The schedule is full," the researcher explained. "So full, in fact, I don't think we can do anything within two years."


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One side said "Yes", the other side said, "Not so fast."

 

[Beast]

China's FAST telescope reportedly to join search for E.T.
2016-11-04 14:00 | People's Daily Online | Editor: Li Yan

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China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) has been operating in Guizhou province since September. As the world's most sensitive telescope, FAST's services are in high demand among scientists from a wide range of fields. The newest scientific "client" in line is none other than SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, based in Berkeley, California.

According to a report by South China Morning Post, SETI's Breakthrough Listen project, which is conducting a 10-year search for intelligent life in space, has partnered with FAST in order to progress toward that goal.

"Breakthrough Listen recently entered into a partnership with FAST and the National Astronomic Observatory of China," the co-director of Breakthrough Listen, Andrew Siemion, was quoted as saying.

FAST's international media bureau did not respond to a request from People's Daily Online to verify this partnership. However, as early as September, the New York Times detailed SETI's intention to "piggyback" on FAST scans being done for purposes other than to search for intelligent life.

"They're very keen to collaborate," Dan Werthimer, chief scientist of the SETI research center in Berkeley, was quoted as saying. "We can use the telescope at the same time that they're doing more traditional astronomy to search for E.T."

Currently, SETI's foremost goal is to observe a star unofficially known as Tabby's star, approximately 1,500 light years from Earth. According to South China Morning Post, the star first came to notice in September 2015 when American astronomer Tabetha Boyajian observed it dimming irregularly for periods of several consecutive days. Boyajian thought the dimming fit the pattern of a celestial body influenced by a Dyson sphere, a hypothetical structure that encompasses a star and harnesses the star's energy.

SETI believes that Tabby star's dimming could be caused by an intelligent civilization harnessing its energy. For that reason, the organization is eager to utilize FAST's power to examine the star closely – more closely than any other telescope is capable of doing.

According to Siemons, "We are very excited to work with our colleagues in China on conducting SETI observations with FAST, including of Tabby's star. Within its frequency range, FAST is the most sensitive telescope in the world capable of conducting SETI observations of Tabby's star, and will be able to detect the weakest signals."

However, Chinese scientists seem less confident in the viability of the collaboration. One researcher, who spoke with South China Morning Post on the condition of anonymity, guessed that there would be little opportunity to search for intelligent life in the next several years.

"The schedule is full," the researcher explained. "So full, in fact, I don't think we can do anything within two years."


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One side said "Yes", the other side said, "Not so fast."

The American eat the humble pie!