Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
The world’s largest filled-aperture radio telescope, using an active 500-metre reflector to study pulsars, fast radio bursts, neutral hydrogen, and deep-space signals.
Identity
- Name
- Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
- Region
- ASIA
- Type
- observatory
Details
- Description
- The world’s largest filled-aperture radio telescope, using an active 500-metre reflector to study pulsars, fast radio bursts, neutral hydrogen, and deep-space signals.
- Latitude
- 25.6528526
- Location
- Longitude
- 106.856567
- Operational Status
- operational
- Ownership
- public
Links
- Website
- https://fast.bao.ac.cn/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 11, 2026 at 23:44:51 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 17, 2026 at 18:37:04 UTC
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