51423740 "Spektr R, " confirmed the high sensitivity of its instruments
Check the equipment on board the telescope "Spektr-R, " confirmed its high sensitivity. It is reported LPI-Info – News Agency of Physics Institute of RAS the Lebedev, who is responsible for the scientific component of the program. According to the agency, were tested, all four radiometer designed for observations in the range from 92 centimeters to 1 centimeter. According to tests, instruments registered an acceptable noise temperature (a measure of noise in radio) – 200 (92 centimeters), 40 (18 cm), 70 (6 inches) and 60 (1.3 centimeters), Kelvin. "Fully testing program is not completed yet, but measured the sensitivity of the telescope allows real hope for the implementation of the scientific program in its entirety, " – gives the agency the words of Yuri Kovalev, one of the scientists working with the telescope. "Spektr-R " was created by the Scientific and Production Association Lavochkin with the Lebedev Institute in the project "Radioastron ". The device was launched on July 18, 2011 on board the rocket 'Zenith "from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Radio telescope designed to study cosmic radio sources. The diameter of the antenna system – 10 meters. Scientists hope that data collected by the device will help to clarify issues related to the quasars, neutron stars and some other mysterious space objects.
