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The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or the FAST for short, known as the “China Sky Eye”, is the world’s largest and most sensitive single aperture radio telescope. It is located in a karst depression in Pingtang County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province.
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Zhang, H. et al. (2021). The “China Sky Eye” Explores the Universe. In: Nan, R. (eds) The Sky Eye. China’s Big Science Facilities. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3824-4_2
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