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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
Attending & talking at conferences and workshops
March 24, 2024 Admin

Photos from Practical Astronomy Show in Stoneleigh, Coventry, 23/3/2024

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Microscopy
March 24, 2024 Admin

Photos of my Zeiss IM35 microscope 23/3/2024

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 24, 2024 Admin

How to orientate grid antennae

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Attending & talking at conferences and workshops
March 24, 2024 Admin

Photos from European Astrofest 2024

European Astrofest in Kensington London on first weekend February 2024 Andy

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 17, 2024 Admin

Latest picture of Perseus Arm of Milky taken at LRO at 1420.405MHz (hydrogen) frequency.

My latest picture of the Milky Way at 1420.405MHz is presented below. Processing in ezRA suite. No further post-processing or

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

LRO Cantenna at 39.4 degrees elevation, 163 degrees azimuth

ezRA software suite 24 hours data 3-4/4/2024 Successful detection of galactic hydrogen suggesting this cantenna can be used to map

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

Successful detection of hydrogen line using homemade cantenna at LRO 3-4/3/2024

The following graph from ezRA suite shows successful mapping of hydrogen line across radio sky using my homemade cantenna over

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 3, 2024 Admin

Collecting and Processing hydrogen line Milky Way (elevation 77.3 azimuth 163 @ LRO) data for Alex Pettit 2-3/3/2024

Elevation 77.3 degrees Azimuth 163 from Lichfield, UK (LRO) 2/3/2024-3/3/2024, Nooelec 1.4GHz mesh antenna, Nooelec SAWBird+ H1 LNA, RTL-SDR Blog

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 3, 2024 Admin

First light Home-made cantenna at LRO 3/3/2024@14:00

Just plugged in my homemade cantenna and the trace below on ezRA software suite (Ted Cline, https://github.com/tedcline/ezRA) immediately shows evidence

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 3, 2024 Admin

How to orientate mesh satellite/WiFi dishes for radio astronomy

So the orientation that I currently have my dishes in above is incorrect – I need to rotate the dishes

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