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Andrew Thornett, Lichfield, England, M6THO, andrew (at) thornett (dot) net

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March 24, 2024 Admin

Photos from European Astrofest 2024

European Astrofest in Kensington London on first weekend February 2024 Andy

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 17, 2024 Admin

Latest picture of Perseus Arm of Milky taken at LRO at 1420.405MHz (hydrogen) frequency.

My latest picture of the Milky Way at 1420.405MHz is presented below. Processing in ezRA suite. No further post-processing or

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 4, 2024 Admin

LRO Cantenna at 39.4 degrees elevation, 163 degrees azimuth

ezRA software suite 24 hours data 3-4/4/2024 Successful detection of galactic hydrogen suggesting this cantenna can be used to map

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 4, 2024 Admin

Successful detection of hydrogen line using homemade cantenna at LRO 3-4/3/2024

The following graph from ezRA suite shows successful mapping of hydrogen line across radio sky using my homemade cantenna over

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 3, 2024 Admin

Collecting and Processing hydrogen line Milky Way (elevation 77.3 azimuth 163 @ LRO) data for Alex Pettit 2-3/3/2024

Elevation 77.3 degrees Azimuth 163 from Lichfield, UK (LRO) 2/3/2024-3/3/2024, Nooelec 1.4GHz mesh antenna, Nooelec SAWBird+ H1 LNA, RTL-SDR Blog

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 3, 2024 Admin

First light Home-made cantenna at LRO 3/3/2024@14:00

Just plugged in my homemade cantenna and the trace below on ezRA software suite (Ted Cline, https://github.com/tedcline/ezRA) immediately shows evidence

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 3, 2024 Admin

How to orientate mesh satellite/WiFi dishes for radio astronomy

So the orientation that I currently have my dishes in above is incorrect – I need to rotate the dishes

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
February 28, 2024 Admin

Testing my 2 x 1.4GHz Nooelec Mesh dishes

I have now successfully tested both of these dishes using ezRA suite software, RTL-SDR Blog V3 SDR and one x

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
February 28, 2024 Admin

Testing left Nooelec 1.4GHz mesh 60x100cm dish 28/2/2024

I have now tested this aerial with RTL-SDR Blog V3 SDR and SAWBird H+ LNA – the graph below demonstrates

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Geoptik Nadirus 2BW Digital Setting Circles
February 27, 2024 Admin

Instruction Manual for Geoptik Nadirus 2BW Digital Setting Circles that do not require encoders

I recently obtained these new encoders – brilliant idea for my Dobsonian telescope! Turn it into pushto GOTO. http://astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Geoptik-Nadirus-2BW-Instruction-Manual-Feb-2024-FULL-VERSION.pdf Andy

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