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Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

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Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

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Meteor detection by radio

LRO data Geminid meteor shower plotted on RMOB website 15/12/2024

Admin December 15, 2024 No Comments

My data (LRO) indicates that the peak of the 2024 Geminids was around 4-6am on 14 December 2024 UTC, with another similar but slightly less pronounced peak 13 December 3-5am.…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz) Solar Cooker 1.5m Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope

Processing all data to date Solar Cooker RT 2 Nov 2024-13 Dec 2024

Admin December 13, 2024 No Comments

I have processed all the data I have collected so far using my new radio telescope made from a 1.5m parabolic solar cooker from ebay = data appears rather noisy…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

4D plots and animations (includes 3 space dimensions and 1 power) of LRO Ptarmigan Triffid ex-military dipole array dataa Jan 2024-Nov 2024 (complete data set so far) processed 11/12/204

Admin December 12, 2024 No Comments

Using ezRA and Rinearn3D. I am amazed that this can be done!! Instructions on how to process hydrogen data in 4D (adapted from Ted Cline). Credit for the process used…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Rinearn3D 4D plots and animations of LRO Ptarmigan Hydrogen Data Jan 2024-Nov 2024 processed 10-11/12/2024

Admin December 11, 2024 No Comments

Plots and animations below show two arms of Milky Way behind each other in 3 dimensions in space and power (colour), all centred on our Sun. Animations: 4D plots (3…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

4D images of Milky Way Galactic Arms processed 8/12/2024

Admin December 8, 2024 No Comments

These 4D (3 dimensions in space + power) images have been created using latest ezRA software + Rinearn 3D software. Andy

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Processing in ezRA+Rinearn3D Ptarmigan data several days (processed 071224@1300)

Admin December 7, 2024 1 Comment

Below I followed Ted Cline’s new instruction set on how to generate 3D plots from ezRA data sets – 3D here means 2 distance dimensions and 3rd dimension is intensity…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Processing in ezRA+Rinearn3D Ptarmigan data over two days from 6/6/2024 to 7/6/2024 (processed on 7/12/2024)

Admin December 7, 2024 No Comments

Using following command line, from <CMD> in Windows, with one of latest versions ezCon, ezCon241021a.py, in ezRA suite of software, https://github.com/tedcline/ezRA py ../ezRA/ezCon241021a.py data -ezConAntXTFreqBinsFracL 0 1 -ezConUseVlsr 0 -ezConAntXTVTFreqBinsFracL…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

WT Microwave Cavity Band Pass Filter WT-A11654-Q04 (1418-1422MHz)

Admin December 4, 2024 No Comments

This cavity filter from China has remarkably narrow band of only 2MHz either side of target frequency of 1420MHz (hydrogen). I received 3 of these filters December 2024. Simulation curve…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Latest Milky Way 1420MHz hydrogen map from Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) 2/12/2024 from data 6/1/2024-30/11/2024

Admin December 2, 2024 1 Comment

Creating a 2,500-hour map of the Milky Way using hydrogen line (1420MHz) using Lichfield Radio Observatory’s LRO H1 radio telescope The Lichfield LRO H1 Radio Telescope Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)…

Solar Cooker 1.5m Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope

Processing Solar Cooker Radio Telescope Data up until 21/11/2024

Admin November 21, 2024 No Comments

Below are the results of my analysis of the solar cooker radio telescope data to date 21/11/2024. Click below to download ZIP folder of ezCol .txt data files: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SolarCookerRTData211124.zip ZIP…

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Recent Posts

  • How to edit Ted Cline’s GNU Radio ezCol-style data collector to change the FFT
  • Version of software on LRO UKRAA PicoMuon Detector 6/7/2026
  • Processing drift scan using LRO-H5 radio telescope of M33 taken in June 2026 on 29/6/2026
  • Information on RTL-SDR based Itty Bitty Radio Telescope
  • New Skynet website – network of large radio dishes available to amateurs (SARA members have access to 20m Skynet dish at Green Bank Observatory in USA)

Recent Comments

  1. Admin on LRO-H5 First Light – Video of data collection on ezCol 18 June 2026 – 19 June 2026.
  2. Ultimate speed power bank with compressor UPK 10 H5 from Lidl Supermarket, UK – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO) on “Cubesat in a Box” – design development as of 15 June 2026
  3. “Cubesat in a Box” – design development as of 15 June 2026 – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO) on What are attachments for power banks that keep them always on called? I need an always on power bank to power my UKRAA PicoMuon muon detector during my trans-atlantic airflight of month for my altitude muon detection experiment
  4. “Cubesat in a Box” – design development as of 15 June 2026 – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO) on Ultimate speed power bank with compressor UPK 10 H5 from Lidl Supermarket, UK
  5. Admin on My 150cm LRO-H2 hydrogen line radio telescope is pointed azimuth 168 degrees, elevation 75 degrees, and collecting data by 24-hour transit scans. Which Milky Way parts does it pass through when trace shows one or two arms?

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How to edit Ted Cline’s GNU Radio ezCol-style data collector to change the FFT

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