Searching for pulsars

FAST, located in Guizhou Province, China, is currently the world's largest single aperture radio telescope with a diameter of 500 meters and an area equivalent to 30 standard football fields. It adopts active reflection surface technology, which can change its shape to adapt to different observation tasks. This technology is the world's first, allowing China's celestial eye to occupy a high ground in sensitivity. The Chinese Tianyan generates a large amount of scientific research data every year and is open for global sharing, making outstanding contributions to the development of world astronomy.

The unit is designed for unsupervised public use: controls are recessed or shielded, moving parts are enclosed, and the interface is operable by a child of about six with no instruction. Where a screen is used, the language can be switched without changing the hardware, and the content can be replaced on site.

FAST Tianyan is a large radio telescope in China, and one of its main scientific objectives is to search for pulsars. Pulsars are highly magnetized rotating neutron stars that emit periodic electromagnetic signals that can be detected by radio telescopes. The FAST telescope has a very high sensitivity and can detect very weak radio signals, which allows it to detect pulsars further away. The FAST eye has a very large aperture, which allows it to detect a wider area of the sky, thereby increasing the chances of discovering pulsars.