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Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

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astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO)

Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

  • Calculators
  • Contact me
  • Equipment List at Lichfield Radio Observatory
  • Grafana Dashboard Cosmic Watch Detectors
  • History and description of Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
  • Links to other SID monitoring sites
  • Live data from UKRAA Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance Monitor at LRO (SIDs)
  • Live feed from SuperSID monitor
  • Live feed from UKRAA CosmicWatch Muon Detectors
  • Live feed from UKRAA Magnetometer
  • Live feed from UKRAA PicoMuon Muon Detector
  • Live feeds at Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
  • Live Radio meteor observations and meteor counts
  • Live stream from 1420MHz hydrogen-line 86cm Ptarmigan Triffid Dipole Array
  • Privacy Policy
  • Publications & Presentations
  • SHOOS - SARA Hydrogen-Observing Overall Survey
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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Testing radio astronomy equipment
June 17, 2025 Admin

NanoVNA vs TinySA

The TinySA and NanoVNA are both compact, affordable test instruments used in radio frequency (RF) and electronics work, but they

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
June 12, 2025 Admin

3D plot in Rinearn3D from Alex Pettit 13-element 1420 MHz Yagi at LRO clearly showing two spiral arms 0-90 degrees longitude (data up to 5/6/2025)

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Linux for Radio Astronomy
June 9, 2025 Admin

Linux Ubuntu for Radio Astronomy: Common causes and fixes when you’re already in the dialout group but still get “permission denied” when accessing /dev/ttyUSB0

If you’re already in the dialout group but still get “permission denied” when accessing /dev/ttyUSB0, here are the common causes and fixes: 1. You need

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Computer equipment for astronomy
June 9, 2025 Admin

Local Host URL

The localhost URL is typically “http://localhost” or “http://127.0.0.1“. This address allows your computer to communicate with itself, often used for

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Computer equipment for astronomy
June 9, 2025 Admin

How to change from internal to external speakers on Dell Precision M6800 laptop

To make your Dell Precision M6800 automatically or manually switch from internal speakers to external speakers (e.g., via the 3.5mm headphone jack

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
June 9, 2025 Admin

Evidence for existence of dark matter

Evidence for dark matter comes from multiple, independent lines of observation across astrophysics and cosmology. Here are the main ones:

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Linux for Radio Astronomy
June 7, 2025 Admin

Linux Ubuntu for Radio Astronomy: ACM0 Service for PicoMuon

The error message: means that systemd can’t find a service file named PicoMuonACM0.service. To resolve this, you’ll need to create,

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Astrophotography
June 6, 2025 Admin

Comparing image mosaic software for astrophotography

The best image mosaic software for night sky (astrophotography) mosaics depends on your goals, budget, and level of control needed.

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