Kraus-type radio telescope
Template:Short description The Kraus-type radio telescope design was created by Dr. John D. Kraus (1910–2004).
Kraus-type telescopes are transit instruments, where the flat primary mirror reflects radio waves towards the spherical secondary mirror, which focuses it towards a mobile focal carriage.[1] The primary tilts north–south to select any object near the meridian,[2] while the focal carriage moves east–west along railroad ties to track objects near transit.[1]
Examples
The Nançay radio telescope in France and the former Big Ear in Ohio are Kraus-type telescopes,[1][2] and the southern section of the RATAN-600 ring in Russia can operate as a Kraus-type telescope.[3]
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