Article ID: CBB670634693

Contribution of the AN/TPS-3 Radar Antenna to Australian radio astronomy (2018)

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The CSIRO Division of Radiophysics used the WWII surplus AN/TPS-3 radar dishes for their early solar radio astronomy research and eclipse observations. These aerials were also used in a spaced (Michelson) interferometer configuration in the late 1940s to investigate solar limb brightening at 600 MHz. This work paralleled early solar observations at Cambridge. None of the Australian research results using the spaced interferometry technique appeared in publications, and the invention of the solar grating array in 1950 made further use of the method redundant.

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Authors & Contributors
Orchiston, Wayne
Ishiguro, Masato
Wendt, Harry
Wielebinski, Richard
Nakamura, Tsuko
Robertson, Peter
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Oxford University Press
Springer Nature
Concepts
Radio astronomy
Instruments, astronomical
Sun
Astronomy
Eclipses; transits; occultations; conjunctions
Solar astronomy
People
Bolton, John Gatenby
Christiansen, Wilbur Norman
Ellis, Graeme Reade Anthony
Huggins, William
Reber, Grote
Shimoda, Koichi
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Australia
Sydney (Australia)
Japan
India
Southeast Asia
Germany
Institutions
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) (Australia)
Universität Bonn
Cornell University
United States. Office of Naval Research
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
University of Tasmania
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