Radio Telescope The begining
July 20th 2007 05:48
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I must admit I have a soft spot for radio telescopes whether they are large or small I have a small home built radio telescope on my back yard. I first became interested in radio telescopes was after reading an article about the first Lunar picture scoop after the Russian Launch of Lunar 3 in late 1959.
I became interested in all types of telescopes both optical and radio and was involved in radio telescope operations during the late 60s early 70s.
The 250-ft (76-m) dish at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire north-west of England was the largest radio telescope at the time made history when it received the first crude pictures of the Lunar surface before the Russians which caused a good deal of controversy there was an exchange of words between Russia and England because the team at Joderell published the Lunar pictures world wide before the Russians. It was assumed that Russia was on the verge of making a manned landing on the Moon.
It was interesting to read that the first pictures transmitted form the Lunar 3 space craft were standard facsimile signals the same as an ordinary office fax machine. The space craft was equipped with a standard optical camera and 35 mm film which was processed and scanned on board. Lunar 3 was responsible for taking the first pictures of the dark side of the Moon.
Credit: A.Holloway, University of Manchester)
I became interested in all types of telescopes both optical and radio and was involved in radio telescope operations during the late 60s early 70s.
The 250-ft (76-m) dish at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire north-west of England was the largest radio telescope at the time made history when it received the first crude pictures of the Lunar surface before the Russians which caused a good deal of controversy there was an exchange of words between Russia and England because the team at Joderell published the Lunar pictures world wide before the Russians. It was assumed that Russia was on the verge of making a manned landing on the Moon.
The 76-m Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank
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Comment by Mountain Fog
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what can you see with your backyard radio telescope, and how does it work?
Are they easy to build? Are they dangerous?
I bought a reflector type for my nephew, but can't get the crappy sights to line up properly.
cheers
fog