What is Radio Astronomy?
Radio astronomy studies planets, stars,
galaxies, and other astronomical objects
using radio waves they emit.
Because radio waves are much longer than light
waves, radio astronomy requires large antennas,
such as those used by the DSN to communicate with
spacecraft exploring the solar system.
Resources
For Children
NASA's Spaceplace for Kids explains
radio astronomy
as astronomy at the longest wavelengths we
can detect. You can also listen to the really
cool
sounds of pulsars and even see and hear a
movie of
a whole swarm of pulsars
brought to you by the astronomers at
Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory and their
colleagues.
For teachers
A
public-outreach lithograph
and a
tutorial self-paced mini-course
on radio astronomy, developed for teachers and students using the
Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope
,
is available for browsers capable of handling PDF files.
For collegue students
An
Introduction to Radio Astronomy
is also available at the
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
.
For graduate students
A
radio astronomy course
suitable for graduate students and advanced
undergraduates in astronomy, engineering and
physics is also available at NRAO.
Slides from a graduate level
course on pulsars
is available at Jodrell
Bank.
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