Beneath the Turret

The receivers of the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) hang from a rotating turret. To change to a new receiver, the radio astronomy equivalent of changing the channel, the turret is spun until the desired receiver is aimed underneath the beam of waves coming from the directional mirror above.
Credit: B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF
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