astronomy.network The Website of Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)

Another project underway is water maser radio observing. This requires a 1m dish (arrived today, below) and an LNB for

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I own the VA40B Multimeter – part of my testing regime for aerials involves measuring resistance. To ensure accurate resistance

In cosmology, a positive Doppler shift in radio waves means an object is moving away from us. This happens because the waves

1. Visual Inspection Check for: 2. Continuity and Resistance Testing Using a multimeter: 3. SWR Measurement Use an SWR meter or

The following is an extract from https://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_viewer.html: FITS Image Software Packages for image viewing, analysis, and format conversion The following

The SDFITS single dish data format (https://safe.nrao.edu/wiki/bin/view/Main/SdfitsDetails#:~:text=Briefly%2C%20SDFITS%20is%20a%20convention%20for%20storing%20single-dish,freedom%20to%20add%20any%20additional%20columns%20as%20necessary): The SDFITS convention was developed in the late 1980s. An early version was

For M31, Wikipedia gave the following:  M31’s Radial Velocity: The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is moving toward us with a radial

https://www.gb.nrao.edu/cgi-bin/radvelcalc.py

The Ka band (pronounced as either “kay-ay band” or “ka band”) is a portion of the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The designation “Ka-band” is