Radio astronomy at Stanford
Abstract
Many astronomical topics were addressed by students and staff of the Stanford Radio Astronomy Institute over the course of decades, and some of the memorable milestones can be discussed here at length. These are antenna design and construction, the sunspot number series, astronomical tomography, the cosmic microwave background radiation, nulling interferometry for peering into circumstellar environments, celestial mechanics of the early Earth satellites, the extraterrestrial connection, dynamic spectra of exospheric phenomena, the versatile Hartley transform and Centaurus A.
In addition to the text references, a complete list of solar publications related to the microwave spectroheliograph is appended. Further detail, and non-solar publications, are available in the annual reports published in the Astronomical Journal and Bulletin American Astronomical Society from 1961 to1980, especially the final report.- Publication:
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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
- Pub Date:
- December 2005
- Bibcode:
- 2005JAHH....8...75B
- Keywords:
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- Stanford University;
- microwave radio astronomy;
- sunspot investigations;
- extraterrestrial life