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Radio Astronomy
Interferometry
Solar Energy
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Interferometer Virtues The great thing about interferometers is
that they allow you to distinguish between cosmic sources and noise generated by the
receiver or terrestrial interference. Noise will not produce interference patterns whereas
"real" sources will (with some exceptions).
| Plumber's Delight Two
element interferometer made of two galvanized metal cones and copper pipe hammered flat to
waveguide dimensions. |
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| Two Dish Interferometer Using
two 1.2 meter Ku band dishes, joined by flattened copper pipe waveguide it is possible to
do experiments with the effects of interference patterns in observing cosmic radio
sources. See what the data output looks like, in this case with a solar observation
compared to a lunar observation. |
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