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 RADIO TELESCOPE USED FOR SOLAR OBSERVATIOMS
 Moscow KOMSOMOL'SKAYA PRAVDA in Russian 12 Dec 84 p 4
 [Text] Scientists of the Siberian Institu te of Earth__Magnetism, the
 Ionosphere and the Propagation of Radio Waves are 61serving the sun with
 the-a-i-d-o-r-a--rTUT-unt-M-1-g7Ty--s-o-plisticated radio telescope in the Tunkin
 valley in the foothills of the Sayan Mountains. This telescope's 256
 spherical radio antennas form a single system -- a kind of mirror that is
 622 meters in diameter. This intricate astrophysical complex is controlled
 by computers.
 (The photograph shows a portion of the telescope's antennas.)
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