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Small Radio Telescopes for Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Koitiro Maeda  and
Noritaka Tokimasa
Koitiro Maeda
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan. e-mail: [email protected]
Noritaka Tokimasa
Affiliation:
Nishi-harima Astronomical Observatory Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5313, Japan.

Abstract

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We present small radio telescopes consisting of commercial instruments for satellite TV reception. With these radio telescopes we can observe the 12 GHz emissions from the quiet sun and solar flares. Since microwaves occurring in our environment, e.g., those from a building and a fluorescent lamp, are also detectable, such radio telescopes are useful not only for radio astronomy education but also for physics education.

Type
Section 5: Small Telescopes or Internet Access?
Information
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Special session: Astronomy for Developing Countries , 2001 , pp. 307 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2001

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