Reference material and Links

Here are a lot of Radio Astronomy links to save you (and me) looking for them 

 

Radio Astronomy Links and Projects by others

updated 28/10/2021 blair

• NASA Jove newsletter https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/newsletters/2021Aug/

• Virgo: A Versatile Spectrometer for Radio Astronomy software

• Pictor Radio telescope, an 'online' 1.5 m radio telescope on an EQ mount in Greece that you can book observing time on (free)

•  Salsa (Such a lovely small antenna) 'on line' 2.3 m radio telescopes in Sweden that you can use (free)

• Dr David Morgan is a Physicist and does a lot of Amateur Radio Astronomy stuff in the UK, his web site  is here 

• Dr Morgan on software defined radio (SDR) with respect to radio astronomy 

• Dr Morgan on Detecting meteors with FM car radio 

• Observing Satellites,  SatNOGS Uses a Pi 3, SDR and simple antenna to observe satellites   

• British Astronomy Association , Radio Astronomy Section 

 

 

Amateur Radio Astronomy

updated 15/09/2018 blair

• Amateur radio-astronomisch waarnemingsstation van Wim Apon
• Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA)
• Astronomical Society of Victoria - Radio Astronomy Group ASV, Astronomical Society of Victoria (Australia) Home page
• Victor's Radio Astronomy Blog
• SkyNet Observatory
• British Astronomical Association - Radio Astronomy Group
• The S.E.T.I Research & Community Development Institute Limited
• Marko Cebokli - S57UUU
• Ian Purdie's Amateur Radio Tutorial Pages
• The European Radio Astronomy Club ERAC, The European Radio Astronomy Club
• Amateur Pulsar Observations
• Starkenburg-Sternwarte e.V.
• UKARANet
• The "Plumber's Delight" Radio Astronomy Interferometer
• WeakSignals.com
• Dr David Morgan's personal RA web site
• Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA)
• 'Fun Cube' Software Defined Radio Telescope
• Fun Cube Software Defined Radio
• ARRL simple radio telescope
• Hydrogen Line Radio Astronomy
• NASA's Radio Jove (Jupiter radio) project, get involved in monitoring Jupiter’s decametric  radio emissions.
• CSIRO, general home page for Radio Astronomy at Australia's CSIRO
• Home page of KIOAR with links to IAAS, International Association of Astronomical Studies, and Star Haven Observatory.
• ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
• AARNET, Australian Academic and Research Network
• RadioNet "Cutting Edge radio Astronomy in Europe”, Home page.
• SKA, Square Kilometre Array newsletter page

  

Professional & Research Websites

updated 18/03/2018 blair

• Australia Telescope, Parkes Observatory
• Astronomy WA
• Bathurst Observatory Research Facility
• Chromoscope
• Curtin University Radio Astronomy Institute
• Radio-Sky Publishing
• NASA's Radio Jove program
• Apache Point Observatory
• Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
• The LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR)
• ACMA Frequency Allocation Database
• IPS - Radio and Space Services

 

 Radio Astronomy Sounds

updated 18/03/2018 blair

• Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
• 70cm EME signals recorded using the 25 m dish in Dwingeloo
• Radio Astronomy an art and science project.
• NASA Sounds from Jupiter 
• NASA Sounds from Saturn

 

ASSA Library Reference material

Fri, 11/05/2010 - peter

The following list of publications indicates resources considered relevant to ASSA RA members and available for loan from the ASSA library. In order of date of publication and not yet complete, this list is constantly under review.

• ASSA No 820 - 5xx.xx -  
• ASSA No 791 - 5xx.xx - Listening to Jupiter, 2nd Edition - R Flagg [2005]
• ASSA No 573 - 519.55 - Applications of Time Series Analysis in Astronomy and Meteorology [1997]
• ASSA No 731 - 522.682 - Parkes, Thirty Years of Radio Astronomy - D Goddard [1994]
• ASSA No 700 - 522.6 - Radio Astronomy - A Nourse [1989]
• ASSA No 821 - 5xx.xx - Radio Astronomy, 2nd Edition - J Kraus [1986]
• ASSA No 443 - 522.682 - Picture History of CSIRO Radiophysics. 1939-1984 [1985]
• ASSA No 437 - 522.682 - Annual Report 1985 Netherlands Foundations Radio Astronomy [1985]
• ASSA No 302 - 529.709 - Greenwich Time and the Discovery of Longitude - D Howse [1980]
• ASSA No 223 - 522.682 - Amateur Radio Telescope (An) and Basic Radio Telescope (A) [1978]
• ASSA No 514 - 522.682 - Radio Astronomy for the Amateur - D Heiserman [1975]
• ASSA No 599 - 522.682 - Radio Astronomy - F G Smith [1974]
• ASSA No 695 - 523.01 - The Radio Universe - J Hey [1971]
• ASSA No 818 - 522.682 - Introduction to Radio Astronomy - R Jennison [1969]
• ASSA No 149 - 523.115 - Quasars, their Importance in Astronomy and Physics [1967]
• ASSA No 298 - 522.682 - The Story of Jodrell Bank - R Piper [1965]
• ASSA No 65 - 522.682 - The Story of Jodrell Bank - R Piper [1965]
• ASSA No 63 - 522.682 - Radio Astronomy - F G Smith [1962]
• ASSA No 153 - 523.8 - Statistical Astronomy [1962]
• ASSA No 372 - 523.45 - The Planet Jupiter - B Peek [1958]
• ASSA No 270 - 523.45 - The Planet Jupiter - B Peek [1958]

 

Personal reading material

updated 6/03/2018 blair

The following list of publications are resources members are willing to make available to other ASSA RA members for loan on a casual basis. The material remains the property of the member and is on loan at the discretion of the owner. In order of date of publication and far from complete, this list is constantly under review. Contact us if you wish to borrow one of them.

• Peter : ISBN 978-0-672-32993-7 : Ubuntu Unleashed : A Hudson [2009]
• Peter : ISBN 978-0-13-713668-1 : The Official Ubuntu Book 3rd Edition : B Hill [2008]
• Peter : Silicon Chip : Planet Jupiter Receiver [August 2008]
• John : ISBN 1-889076-08-2 : Radio Astronomy Teachers Notebook [2007]
• Peter : ISBN 9-781741-105308 : Atlas of the Southern Sky : Massey & Quirk [2007]
• Peter : Silicon Chip : Build your own Seismograph [September 2005]
• Peter : ISBN 978-3-939837-01-5 : Fundamentals of Spectrum Analysis : C Rauscher [2004]
• Peter : Silicon Chip : Antenna & RF pre-amp for Weather Satellites [January 2004]
• Peter : Silicon Chip : VHF Receiver for Weather Satellites [December 2003]
• John : ISBN 1-889076-07-4 : Radio Astronomy Projects, 3rd Edition : W Lonc [2003]
• Peter : Silicon Chip : Direct Conversion receiver for Radio Amateurs [July/August 2002]
• Peter : ISBN 1-875137-53-X : Skywatching : D Levy [1996]
• Peter : ISBN 0-07-024011-6 : Electronic Motors and Control Techniques : I Gottlieb [1994]
• Peter : ISBN 0-434-91216-6 : Power Control Circuits Manual : R Marston [1990]
• John : ISBN 1-882484-00-2 : Radio Astronomy, 2nd Edition : J Kraus [1986]
• Peter : ISBN 0-552-99146-5 : The Skywatcher's Handbook : C Ronan [1985]
• Peter : ISBN 0-13-250373-5 : Electronic Devices & Circuit Theory : R Boylestad [1982]
• Peter : ISBN 0-442-22221-1 : Sound Recording : J Eargle [1976]