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20 Metre Skynet Radio Dish at Green Bank Observatory
September 1, 2025 Admin

Article for SARA on mapping 8 galaxies using 20m Skynet Telescope at Green Bank Observatory

https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SARA-Journal-article-Mapping-8-galaxies-with-20m-Skynet-FINAL-250725.docx

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
August 31, 2025 Admin

Muon Detector Plots at LRO 31/8/2025

Picomuon Data: Cosmicwatch Muon Detector – Grafana Plots up to 31/8/25 @ 22:15:

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Meteor detection by radio
August 30, 2025 Admin

Meteor Pings recorded at LRO (video created from observations prior to 25/8/2025)

The link below plays an mp3 file of the sounds (pings) from meteor observations at LRO (composed of number of

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VLF Radio Detection of SIDs (Very low Frequency detection of Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances)
August 30, 2025 Admin

Lichfield Radio Observatory UKRAA Sudden Ionospheric Data (SIDs) at 23.4KHz for 30 August 2025 compared to data from SID Monitoring Station (https://sidstation.loudet.org/data-en.xhtml)

SID Monitoring Station is found at SID Monitoring Station A118 Home Page – live data can be accessed via https://sidstation.loudet.org/data-en.xhtml)

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Meteor detection by radio
August 29, 2025 Admin

3D images of Milky Way from processing all data LRO-H1+2+3 start of data collection-17/8/2025 (Processed 29/8/2025)

Results of 2,000,000+ data points. https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/3D-images-of-Milky-Way-from-processing-all-data-LRO-H123-start-170825290825.pdf https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/3D-images-of-Milky-Way-from-processing-all-data-LRO-H123-start-170825290825.pptx

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
August 29, 2025 Admin

Full Instructions for creating 4D images in ezRA & Rinearn3D 12/12/24@02:00

https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Full-Instructions-for-creating-4D-images-in-ezRA-Rinearn3D-121224@0200.pdf

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Uncategorized
August 28, 2025 Admin

Jason Burnfield’s Design Calculator for Offset 3m Radio Astronomy Dish

Jason has set himself the challenge of designing and building such a dish – first step is design and he

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August 28, 2025 Admin

Design of offset satellite dish – is it half a parabola?

An offset satellite dish is not literally “half a parabola,” though it is related to a parabola. Here’s the distinction: So,

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Uncategorized
August 28, 2025 Admin

Is it worth adding a second probe at 90 degrees to my cantenna waveguide on LRO-H2, my Solar Cooker Parabolic 150cm Radio Telescope?

Great question — this gets into radiometer theory and feed design. If you add a second probe into your WR-650 feed

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August 27, 2025 Admin

Processing all data from the three hydrogen line telescopes at Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) from start of data collection until 17/8/2025

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