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“Atacama Large Millimeter Array”, which is translated into Russian as “Atakama large millimeter grid”, represents international project to build the most powerful and largest in Chile on the planet of the radio astronomy observatory.
The other day, a message appeared that “ALMA”, according to a new idea scientists, will turn our entire planet into one huge telescope – True, not in the most literal sense. Scientists will create a virtual a radio telescope that will draw energy from several largest observatories of mankind.
New international project named Event Horizon Telescope “, that is, the” Event Horizon Telescope. “Virtual optical device will have previously unprecedented sensitivity – with it it will be possible to detect objects with dimensions in several thousand times smaller than the minimum dimensions recognition by the famous Hubble Orbital Telescope, which already 25 years old.
Astronomers report that they will be combined into one large system observatories in Chile, Spain, Germany, France, Sweden, Hawaii and even in Antarctica. These complexes will be connected by radio interferometric technology with extra long bases. The signals of all telescopes will be recorded using the clock on nuclear fuel so that their work is consistent with the accuracy of nanoseconds (one billionth of a second). Information will be processed by a supercomputer, thanks to which observatories on different continents and will be combined into one extremely powerful telescope.
A virtual radio telescope the size of the Earth will allow the world scientists to do a lot of research, about which astronomers still ten years ago they didn’t even dream. Specialists are planning analyze the Milky Way, explore supermassive black holes and the gas clouds in them, and also undoubtedly consider the multitude celestial bodies outside the solar system.
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By the way, they’ll connect to the “Event Horizon Telescope” and again established observatories since now in Chile, for example, has begun construction of the largest GMT telescope (Giant Magellanic Telescope), which will be ten times more powerful than Hubble. It is being built in the most favorable place for Astronomical Observatories – in the Atacama Desert. Launch new telescope is scheduled for 2021, except Chile in this project Brazil, Australia, South Korea, and the United States also participate. However GMT apparently, will not long hold the title of the largest telescope in in the world, since it’s planned to install E-ELT – European supertelescope superior to Chilean in repeatedly.
Naturally, all these giant observatories of the world also time will take part in the project “Event Horizon Telescope”, thereby further enhancing the capabilities of the global virtual telescope.
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