Episode 142
In this episode of the Observers Notebook podcast, host Tim Robertson talks to ALPO member and Radio astronomy enthusiast Steve Tzikas and Amateur Astronomer doing Radio Astronomy using a 20m Radio Telescope.
You can contact Steve at:
Tzikas@alum.rpi.edu
Observing Advice for the NRAO Skynet 20-meter telescope
https://www.gb.nrao.edu/20m/obsadvice.html
SARA website:
https://radio-astronomy.org/
The fading of Cassiopeia A, and improved models for the absolute spectrum of primary radio calibration sources (2017)
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/469/2/1299/3098410?login=true
SKYNET’S SUITE OF PROCESSING ALGORITHMS FOR SINGLE-DISH RADIO TELESCOPES (2018)
https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/honors_theses/rb68xh11f
Skynet Algorithm for Single-dish Radio Mapping. I. Contaminant-cleaning, Mapping, and Photometering Small-scale Structures
https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.06128
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www.alpo-astronomy.org/
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