CNR Radio Telescope, Italy

Project facts Customer......................CNR (Centro Nazionale Ricerche, Italy) Scope............................Change and maintenance of one of the National Radio Telescopes in Italy. They had 2 shelters in which they changed everything (cables, pipes, electronic apparatus, computers, modems etc) and now they wanted a very good quality cable entry! Installers………………..CNR technicians and some external electrical installers Roxtec products...........S 6, S 6x3 frames, CF 16, Rittal plates, modules and accessories Requirements...............Water tightness, spare capacity, compact dimensions, “easy and clean solution” Comments.....................5 entry points for each shelter Roxtec sales person....Alession Tremolada, Roxtec Italia

Additional facts About CRN The Institute of Radioastronomy of CNR was founded in 1970, from a previously existing University Laboratory that from '60 to '67 had built the "Northern Cross". The Institute provides scientists with radio telescopes to study of the physics of radio sources. The Institute operates two stations, respectively in Medicina (Bologna) and Noto (Siracusa), with a total of 3 radio telescopes: The "Northern Cross" radio telescope (600 m x 600 m) for low frequency observations and 2 single-dish antennas (32 M), designed mainly for VLBI observations. These antennas perform observations in conjunction with the VLBI global networks for about 150 days per year. Moreover, they are used about 100 days per year by foreign observers. The Institute also operates a computer center, which is specialized in imaging techniques and serves as a reference center for the software service of the CNR Area. What is Radio Astronomy? Radio astronomy deals with the detection and analysis of electromagnetic waves emitted by celestial objects in the frequency range from 100 to 100000 MHz. The first cosmic radio source were discovered in 1931 by Karl Jansky, an American engineer from The Bell Telephone Company, who identified a faint signal from The Milky Way. The large development of radio astronomy grew up after World War II, as the technological progress allowed for the construction of sensitive and accurate radio telescopes. Physics of the interstellar medium . The two VLBI antennas are used, in addition to the VLBI networks, to observe molecular lines emitted by interstellar clouds of dust and gas in the Milky Way. Over 60 molecular species are present in these molecular clouds, including carbon monoxide, ammonia, formaldehyde, methanol, and extremely complex organic molecules.