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A Radiotelescope for Undergraduate Teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J.W.V. Storey  and
J.P. Lloyd
J.W.V. Storey
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South WalesPO Box 1, Kensington 2033
J.P. Lloyd
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South WalesPO Box 1, Kensington 2033
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Abstract

A fully-steerable 3.7 metre radiotelescope has been developed as an aid to undergraduate teaching. By using commercially available domestic satellite television components, excellent performance can be achieved at very low cost. The telescope is to be fully computer controlled, and has interchangeable feed horns and low-noise amplifiers for 21 cm, 2.5 cm and 7.5 cm. Experiments will include measurement of the surface temperature of the moon and Venus and of the effective temperature of the sun, plus observation of the brightest thermal and non-thermal galactic sources.

Type
Instruments and Basic Astronomy
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , 1993 , pp. 225 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1993

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