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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
Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
September 7, 2024 Admin

Data from 24 hour drift scan at 40 degrees declination from Lichfield UK 6-7/9/2024 with Alex Pettit 21cm Patch Yagi Antenna

Data requested by Alex for assessing performance of antenna. Click link below to download data: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AP21YAGI-40degs-dec-24hr-drift-scan-06-070924.zip

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

Very strange output 3 min sampling ezRA with Alex Pettit Patch Yagi 163 degrees azimuth and 77 degrees elevation (approx 40 degs declination) for few days

Graphs coming from this don’t make sense! Andy Download data from this session & my initial plots using ezRA (ZIP

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
September 2, 2024 Admin

Live observations of hydrogen line radio observing at Lichfield Radio Observatory presented to the SARA Radio Observing Party 1/9/2024

LRO live presentations. Click on link to view segment from session involving LRO:

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Hardware
September 2, 2024 Admin

Altair Astro 8 inch Newtonian at LRO

Purchased with aim to improve light collection during astro imaging sessions, I have now decided to sell it again as

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
September 2, 2024 Admin

Comparison of performance 21cm Yagi vs Ptarmigan array for hydrogen line observation

Data collected using ezRA suite and analysed with same software. Link below to PDF of Ted Cline’s analysis of the

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Spectroscopy
September 1, 2024 Admin

Pack for attendees at Rosliston Astronomy Group Spectroscopy Processing Session Sept 2024

You need to bring a fully charged laptop to the session with you. In advance of the session, download the

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
August 31, 2024 Admin

Comparing Ptarmigan and 21cm Plate Yagi data at LRO, collected over few days 26-31/8/2024 – processing both data sets in ezRA

I used ezRA software suite to process the data set presented in the post: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/comparing-pharmigan-and-21cm-plate-yagi-data-at-lro-collected-over-few-days-26-31-8-2024 Both aerials pointed 163 degrees

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
August 31, 2024 Admin

Comparing Ptarmigan and 21cm Plate Yagi data at LRO, collected over few days 26-31/8/2024 – the data set

Dear Ted, I have been collecting Ptarmigan Array and Alex Pettit 21cm Plate Yagi data at similar elevation and same

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Poetry & Songs
August 30, 2024 Admin

My Songs up to 30/8/2024

A bit of fun! Creating some tunes – mostly about astronomy. All (C) Andrew Thornett 2024. Please contact me via

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My interests in astronomy
August 26, 2024 Admin

My current interests in astronomy 26/8/2024

At moment my interests are mainly solar and radio astronomy, although my background is in visual observing. Here are some

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