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Old 30-08-2009, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by hayes94 View Post
how far into space can it look???
The answer to this is the same as the answer to the old question "how long is a piece of string?"
It can look as far as there is bright enough radio sources to detect.
The ability to detect any source for any telescope is determined by the size of the scope and the sensitivity of the detector.
Parked is pretty big even for a radio telescope at 64m diameter and it has sensitive recievers.
As a simplistic measure it can take images of very distant galaxies.
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