RATAN-600 flat reflector
The RATAN-600 is a radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya, Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia. It comprises a 576 m diameter circle of rectangular radio reflectors and a set of secondary reflectors and receivers, based at an altitude of 970 m.Photo: александр с кавказа, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya, Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia
- Also known as: “Academy of Sciences Radio Telescope – 600”, “RATAN-600”, and “РАТАН-600 (плоский отражатель)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zelenchukskaya.
Zelenchukskaya
Town
Photo: Александр с Кавказа, CC BY 3.0.
Zelenchukskaya is a rural locality and the administrative center of Zelenchuksky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River. Zelenchukskaya is situated 3 km north of RATAN-600 flat reflector.
RATAN-600 flat reflector
- Category: radio telescope
- Location: Karachay-Cherkessia, North Caucasus, Southern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.82507° or 43° 49′ 30″ northLongitude
41.58712° or 41° 35′ 14″ eastHeight
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
8HM3RHGP+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 350573008OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=telescopeWikidata ID
Q1590725
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“RATAN-600 flat reflector” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مرصد راتان الراديوي”
- Armenian: “РАТАН-600”
- Armenian: “Գիտությունների ակադեմիայի ռադիո աստղագիտական աստղադիտակ”
- Bulgarian: “РАТАН-600”
- Chinese: “RATAN-600”
- Chinese: “拉坦-600”
- Czech: “RATAN-600”
- Dutch: “RATAN-600”
- Esperanto: “RATAN-600”
- Estonian: “RATAN-600”
- French: “RATAN-600”
- German: “RATAN 600”
- German: “RATAN-600”
- German: “RATAN600”
- Hebrew: “RATAN-600”
- Japanese: “RATAN-600”
- Kazakh: “Ратан-600 радиотелескобы”
- Kazakh: “РАТАН-600”
- Korean: “RATAN-600”
- Latvian: “RATAN - 600”
- Latvian: “RATAN-600”
- Luxembourgish: “RATAN 600”
- Portuguese: “RATAN-600”
- Romanian: “RATAN-600”
- Russian: “Радиоастрономический телескоп Академии наук — 600”
- Russian: “РАТАН-600”
- Slovak: “RATAN 600”
- Spanish: “RATAN-600”
- Ukrainian: “РАТАН-600”
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