astron operating manuals

The University of Calgary Radio Astronomy Laboratory - Radio astronomy research at the University of Calgary

Basics of Radio Astronomy - This workbook was developed to support training for the Goldstone-Apple Valley Radio Telescope, but is a resource applicable to all radio astronomy.

EME, SETI, Radio Astronomy, DSP, and Radio Amateurs - Site dedicated to amateur radio astronomy, providing information on Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) communication, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

Introduction to Radio Astronomy - Starting point for some basic facts about radio astronomy, what radio astronomers do, how radio telescopes work, and the kinds of research done with radio telescopes.

Nation River Observatory - A fully automated amateur observatory operating near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute - Non-profit public foundation dedicated to providing research and educational access to optical and radio astronomy. Located in Rosman, North Carolina.

Radio Astronomy at the University of Indianapolis - Site provides educational information about radio astronomy. Radiotelescope data from their project is posted on the Web in real time.

Radio-Sky Publishing - Resources for amateur radio astronomers, teachers, and students.

SETI League - A non-profit educational and scientific organization devoted to privatizing the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.

Arecibo Observatory - The largest radio telescope in the world.

ATNF - Australia Telescope National Facility - Operates the Australia Telescope, a set of radio telescopes in New South Wales. These telescopes are used, individually or together, to study objects in the Universe ranging from the remains of dead stars to entire galaxies.

Australia Telescope Compact Array Home Page - This is the main page for the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association (BIMA)

Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) - A 10.4-meter diameter, submillimeter spectrum telescope. Situated at the top of Mauna Kea, Big island, Hawaii.

Cavendish Astrophysics Homepage - Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory

Deep Space Network (DSN) - NASA's worldwide antenna network to support the exploration of the solar system.

DRAO Home Page - Seeing through the dust

Effelsberg Telescope - The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, the 100 m antenna of Effelsberg in Bonn, Germany, operated since August 1972.

FCRAO - A 15-meter diameter, submillimeter spectrum telescope. Situated near the summit of Mauna Kea, Big island, Hawaii.

Jodrell Bank - Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories (NRAL) - NRAL at Jodrell Bank are a part of the University of Manchester's Department of Physics and Astronomy. The Laboratories are home to the Lovell Telescope and the MERLIN & VLBI National Facility which is operated by the University on behalf of PPARC.

MOST - The Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope

National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Research facility of National Science Foundation, operates many radio telescope observatories.

NRAO Very Long Baseline Array - Very Long Baseline Array

The Onsala Space Observatory - Located 30 miles south of Gothenburg, Sweden

The Very Small Array (VSA) - in Tenerife (Canary Islands). Designed to study fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) thought to originate from the period immediately following the big bang. Operated by Cambridge and Manchester Universities (UK).

Multi-SETI@Home Monitor - A graphical add-on package to monitor seti@home activity that may be running on multiple computers over a network or multiple instances on the same computer. Runs on Windows or Linux.