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Raising the GMRT dish
1995
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mumbai, India
Each Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope dish was raised by human effort. Here you can see Govind Swarup and some of his senior colleagues turning the gear that would raise the dish by a very small distance.
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- Title: Raising the GMRT dish
- Date Created: 1995
- Location Created: Khodad, India
- Subject Keywords: Radio Telescope, Govind Swarup
- Type: Radio Telescope
- Biographical note: Prof. Govind Swarup is a radio astronomer and one of the pioneers of radio astronomy. He is known not only for his many important research contributions in several areas of astronomy and astrophysics, but also for his outstanding achievements in building ingenious, innovative and powerful observational facilities for front-line research in radio astronomy. He has been the key scientist behind concept, design and installation of the Ooty Radio Telescope (India) and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) near Pune. Under his leadership, a strong group in radio astrophysics has been built at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research that is comparable to the best in the world.
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