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Muon Detection

Grafana dashboard for Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors is now finished

Admin July 6, 2025 No Comments

My dashboard for my Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors is now finished – and the choice of graphs available. Go to https://cosmicwatch.astronomy.me.uk This has been created using Miguel Ríos Martín’s instructions…

Linux for Radio Astronomy

Grafana and equivalents on Windows and moving database from Linux to Windows

Admin July 4, 2025 No Comments

Grafana itself runs on Windows, so if you’re looking for a Grafana-like tool on Windows, you can simply install Grafana directly on Windows. However, if you’re looking for alternatives (tools…

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Separation M81 and M82 galaxies

Admin July 4, 2025 No Comments

The galaxies M81 (Bode’s Galaxy) and M82 (the Cigar Galaxy) are very close together in astronomical terms. Here’s how close: 🔭 Angular Separation (as seen from Earth): 📏 Physical (Spatial)…

Linux for Radio Astronomy

How to start Grafana dashboard on Linux MiniPC for Miguel’s dashboard for my Cosmic Watch muon detectors

Admin July 4, 2025 No Comments

Muon detectors x2, one on top of other, linked by 3.5mm audio cable, and USB cable plugged into BOTTOM detector and going to MiniPC rear USB port – tested and…

Muon Detection

Working JSON Model for Grafana Dashboard for LRO Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors V2 (currently used https://cosmicwatch.astronomy.me.uk 29/6/2025) — 29/6/2025@22:30

Admin June 29, 2025 No Comments

{ “annotations”: { “list”: , “type”: “dashboard”

Linux for Radio Astronomy

Periodic screenshots and FTP for Ubuntu

Admin June 29, 2025 No Comments

Is there a program for Ubuntu which will take periodic screenshots and FTP to website? Yes, you can achieve this on Ubuntu using a combination of existing tools. There isn’t…

Radio Interferometry

Software packages and algorithms used to convert radio interferometer readings into images/CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications)

Admin June 28, 2025 No Comments

Several software packages and algorithms are used to convert radio interferometer readings into images, with the most common being the “CLEAN” family of algorithms and the Common Astronomy Software Applications…

Muon Detection

New Grafana dashboard for my 2 Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors 28/6/2025

Admin June 28, 2025 No Comments

(This is separate from my PicoMuon Detector). This new domain URL below provides access to data dashboard from the 2 older detectors (click on link): https://cosmicwatch.astronomy.me.uk Please feel free to…

Muon Detection

Muon detection using UKRAA Picomuon detector 17/6/2025

Admin June 17, 2025 No Comments

Graphs as of 17/6/2025: Daily graph from 16/6/2025: Latest weekly results: Latest monthly results:

NanoVNA Testing radio astronomy equipment

NanoVNA vs TinySA

Admin June 17, 2025 No Comments

The TinySA and NanoVNA are both compact, affordable test instruments used in radio frequency (RF) and electronics work, but they serve different primary purposes: 🔍 TinySA (Tiny Spectrum Analyzer) Purpose:A…

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Recent Posts

  • What is an FTP cable, as used on the AAA-1C Amplifier for VLF RF?
  • My SD card on my UKRAA PicoMuon Muon Detector crashed and would not create new CSV files – just said “none” on filename. How I sorted it out.
  • What does compress do in Ubuntu file manager?
  • Problem and solution: RTL-SDR Blog V4 SDR does not work with default driver in many Linux distributions whereas RTL-SDR V3 SDR does work. This post provides the answer on how to get V4 to work.
  • Monthly data from UKRAA PicoMuon detector at LRO 2/7/2026

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  1. Admin on LRO-H5 First Light – Video of data collection on ezCol 18 June 2026 – 19 June 2026.
  2. Ultimate speed power bank with compressor UPK 10 H5 from Lidl Supermarket, UK – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO) on “Cubesat in a Box” – design development as of 15 June 2026
  3. “Cubesat in a Box” – design development as of 15 June 2026 – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO) on What are attachments for power banks that keep them always on called? I need an always on power bank to power my UKRAA PicoMuon muon detector during my trans-atlantic airflight of month for my altitude muon detection experiment
  4. “Cubesat in a Box” – design development as of 15 June 2026 – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO) on Ultimate speed power bank with compressor UPK 10 H5 from Lidl Supermarket, UK
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