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shirin
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hello everyone!
this is a new single-dish radio telescope, FAST, under construction:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/06/chinas-five-hundred-meter-aperture.html
The aperture is 500 m. But the illuminated aperture is only 300m. So what is the advantage of bigger aperture?
is the angular resolution 1.22*wavelegth/300 or 500? if it is 300 so what is the preference of bigger aperture?
this is a new single-dish radio telescope, FAST, under construction:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/06/chinas-five-hundred-meter-aperture.html
The aperture is 500 m. But the illuminated aperture is only 300m. So what is the advantage of bigger aperture?
is the angular resolution 1.22*wavelegth/300 or 500? if it is 300 so what is the preference of bigger aperture?