November 7, 2012

Poland to build Europe's largest telescope


http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/117645,Poland-to-build-Europes-largest-telescope

A consortium of nine Polish universities and research units are to build Europe's biggest radio telescope in Tuchola, northern Poland.
The telescope's diameter of 120 meters will make it the third-largest of its kind in the world.
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The radio telescope will be tat he heart of the planned National Center for Radio Astronomy and Space Science, coordinated by Professor Zbigniew Sikora at the University of Gdansk.
The total cost of the telescope is estimated at about 100 million euros and will be operational in 2017.

2 comments:

  1. Bwahahaha. Poor Poland. Will it ever cease to be the butt of jokes from Germany and Russia?

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