According to the WeChat Official Account of China Three Gorges University, on April 3rd, the 3.2-meter radio/millimeter wave telescope "Three Gorges Antarctic Eye", jointly developed by China Three Gorges University and Shanghai Normal University, was officially released in Yichang, Hubei! The telescope has been successfully deployed at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica, achieving China's first radio astronomical observation at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica.
The successful deployment of the "Three Gorges Antarctic Eye" at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica. Photo by Xiang Yue, China News Service.
According to the introduction from China News Service, the radio telescope is an important tool for "capturing" electromagnetic wave information in the universe. According to publicly available information, the Three Gorges Antarctic Eye radio astronomical telescope has the ability to detect radio signals below 70GHz. This device has officially started galactic neutral hydrogen and ammonia molecular spectral line astronomical observations at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica, obtaining more than 600MB of radio astronomical observation data.
In recent years, China Three Gorges University has actively aligned with the major needs of the national polar strategy. Since the beginning of 2023, it has carried out Antarctic astronomy cooperation research with Shanghai Normal University. After two years of arduous efforts, it overcame technical challenges such as adaptation to extreme cold and strong winds, successfully developing and installing this major scientific research device at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica. This device has officially started galactic neutral hydrogen and ammonia molecular spectral line astronomical observations at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica.
Zhang Yi, associate professor of Shanghai Normal University and Chinese Antarctic expedition member, stated: "This device breaks through key technical bottlenecks in the construction of Antarctic observatories, laying the foundation for future development of sub-millimeter wave telescopes in Antarctica." In the future, it will be expanded to multiple radio to low-frequency millimeter wave band signal observations, accumulating technology for the future development of sub-millimeter astronomical telescopes in Antarctica.
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