GIANT METREWAVE RADIO TELESCOPE (GMRT)

The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope observatory located in Pune has been provided with the prestigious IEEE milestone status.
This is the 3rd IEEE milestone recognition being offered to India
The previous two IEEE milestone recognition were awarded to JC Bose in 1895 and CV Raman in 1928.
JC Bose is regarded as the Father of Wireless Communication.

Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope

It is an array of 30 radio telescopes operated by National Centre for Radio Astrophysics.
It is a part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research located in Mumbai.
One of the major objectives of the telescope was to search for highly red shift 21-line radiation.
These radiations are emitted from the primordial neutral hydrogen clouds.
The determination of these radiations will help determine the epoch of galaxy formation in the universe.
In February 2020 the telescope helped in observing the biggest explosion in the history of the Universe called the Ophiuchus Supercluster Explosion.

Ophiuchus Supercluster Explosion

The extremely powerful eruption occurred in the Ophiuchus supercluster about 390 million light years from the Earth.
The eruption occurred due to a supermassive black hole.

Ophiuchus Supercluster

It is one of the nearby Galaxy superclusters of the earth located in the Ophiuchus constellation.
A supercluster is a group of galaxies. For instance, the milky way is a part of Local Group Galaxy group.

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