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The proposed FAST project is a novel giant spherical radio telescope, with active elementswhich form a temporary paraboloid to track radio objects in the sky. Efforts have been made to extendthe limited sky coverage that is a characteristic disadvantage of Arecibo-style radio telescopes. Threemeasures under investigation are introduced in this paper. The expected performance of the telescopeis described, and a brief comparison is made with some of the largest existing radio telescopes.
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Wu, S., Wang, S., Mao, Y., Su, Y. (2001). Trying to Enlarge the Sky Coverage of the Fast. In: Strom, R., Bo, P., Walker, M., Rendong, N. (eds) Sources and Scintillations. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1001-6_47
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