Radio Astronomy Observing With Your Ears Multi-Wave Centaurus A Galaxy.

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Radio Astronomy Observing With Your Ears

Multi-Wave Centaurus A Galaxy

Gamma Ray HESS Gamma Ray Telescope Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

X-Ray Chandra X-Ray Observatory A series of mirrors in Chandra directs the X-rays to a focal point

Visible W. M. Keck Observatory Hubble Space Telescope Griffith Observatory

Infrared South Pole Infrared Explorer Spitzer

Radio The Arecibo Observatory Owens Valley Radio Observatory Jodrell Bank Observatory Very Large Array

Radio Jove

The Location Radio Quiet Away from Power Lines No Rain (light cloud cover is OK) Safe for After Dark Observing

Usually a Dish Similar to a Satellite Dish The Bigger the Better Radio Jove uses a Dipole Antenna The Antenna

Dipole Antenna

The Receiver

Strip Charts

Sorting Through the Noise Cosmic Background Fax Noise Interference WWV

Sounds of Jupiter Jovian L-Burst Just like listening to the ocean. Jovian S-Burst Who’s making popcorn?

Studying the Sun