The biggest telescope in europe and asia The biggest telescope in Eurasia, which is called BTA-6. It was built during Soviet times, in the Caucasian mountains. Conceived in the 1950s by Soviet scientists who wanted to peek deeper into space, it’s still active and now is used by Russian scientists. Here is the story and photos The ridge on this valley where the telescope stands is 2100 meters above sea level. So here is the telescope. The size of its main mirror is six meters. The thing on the left is the construction crane which was used while constructing the dome. The height of the dome is 50 meters and its made of aluminum. Diameter is 45 meters and it can rotate. Getting inside. It took three years for the mirror to be manufactured! The size of telescope is really tremendous. This is it in the photo – it can rotate smoothly on its platform. This is the mirror part. Light from the mirror reflects into this device on top. This is the door in the dome which can be opened. The telescope is supported with liquid supports. Some of them also use springs for added stability and smoothness. And here are the motors one floor down. The foundation of the building is separated from the foundation of the telescope so as to avoid unnecessary vibrations. And here is where the scientists work. For eighteen years up until 1975, this telescope was the largest telescope in the world, until an even larger telescope was made in America. Still, this one is very impressive!
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 17:08:16 +0000
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