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• The Radio-Astronomical Triangle of Russia’s Institute of Applied Astronomy’s Quasar-KVO Complex

  How to keep count of time with second-to-second precision and what makes our smartphones’ maps so handy in directing us to the exact location we need? Providing different systems with precise coordinates is an important strand of modern research, and one conducted by the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In the beginning of the 21st century, this scientific center spearheaded the creation of the unique system Quasar-KVO. It consists of three powerful radio telescopes located in different spots all over the country, Leningrad Oblast’s radio-astronomical observatory Svetloe being one of them. Participants of ITMO-Sberbank “It’s Your Call!” winter school were given a tour of the iconic location. Its specialists talked them through the ins and outs of their cutting-edge radio-astronomical research.

  28.02.2019