Jump to content

Kraus-type radio telescope

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by The Anome (talk | contribs) at 16:31, 2 August 2017 (Dr. John D. Kraus). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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. The primary tilts North-South to select any object near the meridian, while the focal carriage moves East-West along railroad ties to track objects near transit.

Examples

The Nançay radio telescope in France and the former Big Ear in Ohio are Kraus-type telescopes, and the southern section of the RATAN-600 ring in Russia can operate as a Kraus-type telescope.

Stub icon

This astronomy-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kraus-type_radio_telescope&oldid=793575264"