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Radio telescope dish
A large parabolic radio telescope dish on an altazimuth mount with feed legs and a receiver, aimed by altitude and azimuth.
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Added
- 23 October 2026
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dish | number | 30 | 10 to 50 m | diameter of the dish; research dishes run from about 10 to 100 m, capped here at 50 |
| altitude | number | 55 | 0 to 90 deg | how far the dish points up from the horizon; 90 is straight up |
| azimuth | number | 20 | -180 to 180 deg | which way the dish points about the mount: 0 toward the front, 90 to its right |
| feed | choice | prime | prime, subreflector | a receiver box at the dish's focus, or a small sub-reflector with a cabin behind the dish |
| light | bool | true | – | a red aviation lamp on the yoke that shines with the town's lamps |
| paint | color | #e6e8e8 | – | the dish's paint; a channel's seed turns the hue |
| frame | color | #8e9499 | – | the yoke, axle and feed legs |
| base | color | #b9b5ac | – | the concrete pedestal and footing |
| receiver | color | #3a4046 | – | the receiver at the focus and the equipment cabin |
Use it in a film
film.js
world: { props: { prop: { model: 'radio-telescope', at: [6, -4] } } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.