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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)
May 28, 2024 Admin

Replacing power from computer to separate power supply for Nooelec SAWBird H1+ LNA on Ptarmigan Array Milky-Way-Hydrogen-mapping computer

In order to stop me making the mistake of forgetting to run “Bias-tee-on” each time I restart this computer, I

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SolarSpectroscopy
May 28, 2024 Admin

My 3D-printed Sol’Ex Spectroheliograph mounted on Sky Watcher Evostar ED 72 DS Pro 28/5/2024

Getting it ready for next sunny day Andy

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
May 27, 2024 Admin

Never forget to run Bias-Tee-On batch file!

I’m an idiot!! Just had to discard several weeks of data on my Milky Way Hydrogen-mapping experiment (Ptarmigan array) because

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Astronomy Art
May 25, 2024 Admin

My pictures created using AI picture generator

I used following to create these pictures: https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/3d-character-generator Andy Sending a radio telescope to Mars and the Moon: Alien artifact

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Solar
May 22, 2024 Admin

Sharpened version of solar timelapse 1 from 19/5/2024

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Solar
May 20, 2024 Admin

Sunspot from 19/5/2024 taken at Lichfield, UK

Very pleased with this shot! Lots of detail. Andy

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Solar
May 20, 2024 Admin

Two further solar timelapse videos of solar prominences from LRO from 19/5/2024

Again, both taken with 100mm OTA, Daystar hydrogen Quark and 174M camera from Lichfield, UK Andy

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Solar
May 20, 2024 Admin

Timelapse of large solar prominence recorded using Daystar Hydrogen Quark from Lichfield UK 19/5/2024

I have put three versions of the video below – at different speeds – the fast ones are for impact

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Solar
May 19, 2024 Admin

Large prominence on edge of sun from 19/5/2024

Taken in Lichfield, UK Daystar Quark Hydrogen Chromosphere Sky Watcher Equinox Pro 100mm telescope Sky Watcher Equinox Pro HEQ5 Pro

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Solar
May 19, 2024 Admin

Daystar Quark with Daystar Interference Eliminator 190524

Photo of my Daystar Quark with Daystar Interference Eliminator from 19/05/2024 – shows the degree of tilt required to remove

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