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Muon Detection
July 6, 2025 Admin

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

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Muon Detection
July 6, 2025 Admin

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

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July 4, 2025 Admin

Grafana and equivalents on Windows and moving database from Linux to Windows

Grafana itself runs on Windows, so if you’re looking for a Grafana-like tool on Windows, you can simply install Grafana directly on

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July 4, 2025 Admin

Separation M81 and M82 galaxies

The galaxies M81 (Bode’s Galaxy) and M82 (the Cigar Galaxy) are very close together in astronomical terms. Here’s how close: 🔭 Angular Separation (as seen from

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July 4, 2025 Admin

How to start Grafana dashboard on Linux MiniPC for Miguel’s dashboard for my Cosmic Watch muon detectors

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June 29, 2025 Admin

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”: [       {         “builtIn”: 1,         “datasource”: {           “type”: “datasource”,           “uid”:

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Linux for Radio Astronomy
June 29, 2025 Admin

Periodic screenshots and FTP for Ubuntu

Is there a program for Ubuntu which will take periodic screenshots and FTP to website? Yes, you can achieve this

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Radio Interferometry
June 28, 2025 Admin

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

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Muon Detection
June 28, 2025 Admin

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

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Muon Detection
June 17, 2025 Admin

Muon detection using UKRAA Picomuon detector 17/6/2025

Graphs as of 17/6/2025: Daily graph from 16/6/2025: Latest weekly results: Latest monthly results:

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