Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory. "Real Russia" ep.42

Описание: We continue our April's episodes dedicated to the Cosmonautics Day in Russia.

Next day after visiting the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow where we've met Alexey Leonov, the first cosmonaut who made an exit in outer space, we decided to drive 100km south from Moscow in Pushchino town.

Many thanks to girl Katya (Ekaterina), a good friend of Maksim Chepkasov for providing her car and service for us!

Pushchino is real interesting place on a map of Russia. This is not just a town, but one of the Scientific Research Centers of Russian Academy of Sciences focusing on microbiology, molecular biology and biophysics.

There concentrated a lot of Institutes that works in that spheres. But we haven't been interested in any of those Institutes. Because besides Institutes there another interesting place known as Puschino Radio Astronomy Observatory, founded on April, 11th, 1956.

It is very well-known in the world of Astronomy as an Observatory that own three absolutely unique radio telescopes like

RT-22 (Four, separate, fully steerable, radio telescope with 22 meter mirrors),

DKR-1000 (A wide-band radio telescope instrument)

and BSA/LPI (Large Phased Array).

These are radio telescopes that used for kinda important scientific tasks starting from removal an information from space apparatus "Spectr-R" finishing with observing and learning cosmic objects like quasars and pulsars.

All of these three unique radio telescopes you can watch here in this episode of "Real Russia".

More than that, we've been lucky enough to get in touch with no one, but Rustam Dagkesamansky, the Head of Puschino Radio Astronomy Observatory, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, who works there since 1980 and who SPECIAL for our channel kindly agreed to tell about all of the radio telescopes.

Sergey Baklykov had no words to describe his impressions regarding this person. He said he never met such an intelligent, educated, well-mannered, friendly and kind person before.

Special Thanks to him from all of our Team!

Hope you enjoy!

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