‘Eye’ into space from Jelebu


What the skies hold: The Jelebu radio telescope will look similar to the UPSI-UM Radio Astronomical Observatory, the first in Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA: The construction of Malaysia’s largest radio telescope is in progress in Jelebu, Negri Sembilan.

Universiti Malaya (UM) Faculty of Science (Department of Physics)’s Prof Zamri Zainal Abidin said the VGOS (VLBI Global Observing System) radio telescope was expected to be operational by the end of next year.

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