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Attending & talking at conferences and workshops
October 12, 2024 Admin

Presentation from RSGB Convention 13/10/2024

Presentation https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RSGB-Conf-Talk-Oct-2024-Mapping-Milky-Way-Dark-Matter-FINAL-071024@0600.pptx Dr Thornett’s biography https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Bio-summary-talk-Dr-Thornett-RSGB-Conf-Oct-2024.docx

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Solar Cooker 1.5m Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope
October 8, 2024 Admin

Solar Cooker Dish Radio Telescope data analysis up to 8/10/2024, 2pm.

I analysed the data collected by ezCol in the ezRA software suite (Ted Cline) today – after around 1 week

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Solar Cooker 1.5m Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope
October 8, 2024 Admin

Presentation on Solar Cooker Radio Telescope so far to Society of Amateur Radio Astronomy (SARA) 7/10/2024

Click on link below to view video:

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Solar Cooker 1.5m Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope
October 6, 2024 Admin

Processing first light data from solar cooker radio telescope 6/10/2024

Hot off the press! – only 2 elevation points – data from this week.

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Seestar S50 Telescope
October 5, 2024 Admin

Seestar M31 sub-frames from 16/9/2024 and 5/10/2024 for RAG Astrophotography SIG meeting Nov 2024

Click on link below to download data (ZIP file containing both FIT and JPEG images): https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/M31-Seestar-combined-sub-frames-from-160924051024.zip

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Solar
October 3, 2024 Admin

Detection of X-class flare at LRO 03/10/2024@1218

Using UKRAA SID Monitor at 23.4 KHz.

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Solar Cooker 1.5m Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope
October 3, 2024 Admin

Next stage 1.5m solar cooker radio dish 3/10/2024

Some cheap aluminium + zinc spray paint purchased from Lidl, UK, and using my cantenna cut for hydrogen as feedhorn.

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Solar Cooker 1.5m Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope
September 28, 2024 Admin

Erecting the 150cm (1.5m) Solar Cooker Dish at LRO, and calculating its focal length 28/9/2024

Here is a photo of the dish erected at LRO: Using Parabola Calculator 2 program (Parabola Calculator version 2.0 (tripod.com)

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Solar Cooker 1.5m Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope
September 25, 2024 Admin

Assembling solar cooker dish from ebay

First part of assembly process – it is quite big! (1.5m) Andy

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
September 25, 2024 Admin

Resoldering Alex Pettit 21cm Yagi using lead-based solder with Rosin

we think this aerial is not effective because of poor solder connection. I used lead-free solder and this may have

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