The Otherworldly Work of West Virginia's Green Bank Radio Telescope
Michael Soluri
Astronomer
Dr. Felix J. "Jay" Lockman, the principal scientist at the Green Bank
Telescope, stands inside the receiver room at the focal point of the
antenna, nearly 500 feet above the ground. The funnel-shaped object that
sticks up through the top of the room collects radio waves from
interstellar Hydrogen that have been focused on it by the dish.
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