The Radio Sky and How to Observe It

• Main Author: Lashley, Jeff. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides,
• Subjects: Science (General).; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0883-4

We have learned a great deal about our universe not only by looking at the sky through optical telescopes but also by listening to it! Although in the past most of the great discoveries have been made by professional radio astronomers using large radio telescopes built for institutions, today even a...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: The Radio Sun
• Chapter 2: Jupiter
• Chapter 3: Meteors and Meteor Streams
• Chapter 4: Beyond the Solar System
• Chapter 5: Antennae
• Chapter 6: Setting Up a Radio Astronomy Station
• Chapter 7: Radio Hardware Theory
• Chapter 8: Introduction to RF Electronics
• Chapter 9: Building a Very Low Frequency Solar Flare Monitor
• Chapter 10: Microwave Radio Telescope Projects
• Chapter 11: Building a Jupiter Radio Telescope
• Chapter 12: Building a Broad Band Solar Radio Telescope
• Chapter13: Data Logging and Data Processing
• Appendix A: Formulae in Radio Astronomy
• Appendix B: Bibliography
• Appendix C: Supplier, Groups, and Societies
• Appendix D: Glossary
• Index.