A history of the Potts Hill radio astronomy field station
Abstract
A description is given of the research activities at the Potts Hill field station of the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics in the period 1946 to 1958. The approach is set in the context of the group structure of the radio astronomy research of the Division and of the links between the groups, particularly those links which involved Potts Hill. Significant research on the structure of the Sun and the Galaxy as well as the discovery of 21-cm H-line and its mapping in the southern sky was achieved in the 12-year lifetime of the field station. Personal recollections are given of research activity during its most active phase in 1951-1953.
- Publication:
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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
- Pub Date:
- December 2005
- Bibcode:
- 2005JAHH....8...87D
- Keywords:
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- Sun;
- Galaxy;
- radio astronomy;
- research group structure