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The history of low frequency radio astronomy in Australia. 7: Philip Hamilton, Raymond Haynes and the University of Tasmania's Penna Field Station near Hobart (2017)

George, Martin (Author)
Orchiston, Wayne (Author)
Wielebinski, Richard (Author)

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Volume: 20
Issue: 1
Pages: 95-111

URI: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017JAHH...20...95G

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Galaxies; nebulae Celestial maps; star catalogs Antennas Instruments, astronomical Radio astronomy 20th century, late Australia Reber, Grote Ellis, Graeme Reade Anthony University of Tasmania

Following initial experiments near Hobart by Graeme Ellis, Grote Reber and Gordon Newstead from 1955 to 1957, the University of Tasmania established several sites for the study of low frequency radio astronomy, beginning in 1961. This paper describes the antenna array that was constructed at Penna, to the east northeast of Hobart. Between 1962 and 1967 it was used to produce maps of the southern sky at the frequencies of 4.7 and 10.02 MHz and contributed to an overall study of the low frequency emission from the Galaxy. Because of the proximity of the array to the town of Sorell, it was also referred to the 'Sorell Radio Telescope'.

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