Muon detectors at LRO 7/7/2025
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Consist of UKRAA Cosmic Watch coincidence pair and separate blue UKRAA Picomuon detector:
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Masers at 22GHz
At 22 GHz, the most prominent masers are water (H₂O) masers, specifically: 🔹 Water (H₂O) Maser at 22.23508 GHz 🔍 Astrophysical Contexts Water masers at 22 GHz are found in…
ChatGPT advice on how to build receiver and antenna for water masers
To build a 22 GHz water maser receiver, you’ll be targeting the 22.23508 GHz emission line, which is in the K-band of the microwave spectrum. This is advanced but achievable…
For 1420 MHz (the hydrogen line), the best ferrite toroid material
For 1420 MHz (the hydrogen line), the best ferrite toroid material is not a typical low-frequency ferrite (like #43 or #61) — these are optimized for lower RF or broadband suppression.…
How to start Grafana dashboard on Linux MiniPC (LRO-PC-09) for my UKRAA Cosmic Watch muon detectors
How to log in remotely to GRAFANA and PGADMIN on Linux Cosmic Watch Muon MiniPC (LRO-PC-09)
Miguel’s muon detector physics paper (website version)
Author: Miguel Ríos Martín The following article discusses the physics underpinning the Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors and explains how the data displayed on the graphs in the LRO Grafana dashboard…
Grafana dashboard for Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors is now finished
My dashboard for my Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors is now finished – and the choice of graphs available. Go to https://cosmicwatch.astronomy.me.uk This has been created using Miguel Ríos Martín’s instructions…
Working JSON Model for Grafana Dashboard for LRO Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors V2 (currently used https://cosmicwatch.astronomy.me.uk 29/6/2025) — 29/6/2025@22:30
{ “annotations”: { “list”: , “type”: “dashboard”
Software packages and algorithms used to convert radio interferometer readings into images/CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications)
Several software packages and algorithms are used to convert radio interferometer readings into images, with the most common being the “CLEAN” family of algorithms and the Common Astronomy Software Applications…
New Grafana dashboard for my 2 Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors 28/6/2025
(This is separate from my PicoMuon Detector). This new domain URL below provides access to data dashboard from the 2 older detectors (click on link): https://cosmicwatch.astronomy.me.uk Please feel free to…