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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Comparing “RTL2832U SDR” vs “RTL-SDR V3”

Admin September 7, 2025 No Comments

Here’s an image of the RTL-SDR Blog V3 dongle for reference. Comparing “RTL2832U SDR” vs “RTL-SDR V3” What’s in a Name? What Makes RTL-SDR V3 Stand Out? TL;DR: V3 vs…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Latest LRO 2D Map of Milky Way Arms 2 September 2025

Admin September 4, 2025 2 Comments

Result of combining entire available data set start of data collection up to 17 August 2025, from LRO 1, 2, and 3 hydrogen line radio telescopes.

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Fly-through of 3D plot of Milky Way Spiral Arms created using data from LRO 1, 2 and 3 radio telescopes from start of data collection to 17 August 2025 (extended 3D slices revised version 4 September 2025)

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Compare the 3D results below with 2D map using same data: Latest LRO 2D Map of Milky Way Arms 2 September 2025 – astronomy.network The Website of Lichfield Radio Observatory…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Fly-through of 3D plot of Milky Way Spiral Arms created using data from LRO 1, 2 and 3 radio telescopes from start of data collection to 17 August 2025 (extended 3D slices version 2 September 2025)

Admin September 2, 2025 No Comments

Compare the 3D results below with 2D map using same data: Latest LRO 2D Map of Milky Way Arms 2 September 2025 – astronomy.network The Website of Lichfield Radio Observatory…

The 20 Metre Skynet Radio Dish at Green Bank Observatory

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

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

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Muon Detector Plots at LRO 31/8/2025

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

Meteor detection by radio

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

Admin August 30, 2025 No Comments

The link below plays an mp3 file of the sounds (pings) from meteor observations at LRO (composed of number of events over couple days with gaps removed). If you’ve never…

VLF Radio Detection of SIDs (Very low Frequency detection of Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances)

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)

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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)

Meteor detection by radio

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

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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

Easy Radio Astronomy Software (ezRA) Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

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

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