Title :
Abu Simbel radio telescope project in the Upper Egypt
Author :
Shaltout, M. A Mosalam
Author_Institution :
Nat. Res. Inst. of Astron. & Geophys., Helwan, Egypt
Abstract :
Discusses building a radio telescope at Abu Simbel in the south of Egypt, for solar and stellar observations on wavelengths ranging between microwave and millimeter wave. Abu Simbel is one of the best sites in North Africa for optical and radio observations; it is a dry desert with excellent atmospheric opacity. The telescope is discussed in relation to VLBI studies
Keywords :
radiotelescopes; radiowave interferometers; 1.4 to 43 GHz; Abu Simbel radio telescope project; Upper Egypt; VLBI; atmospheric opacity; microwave observation; millimeter wave observation; site characteristics; solar observations; stellar observations; Atmosphere; Atmospheric waves; Europe; Instruments; Millimeter wave technology; Radio astronomy; Radio interferometry; Radio spectrum management; Sun; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Conference, 1998. NRSC '98. Proceedings of the Fifteenth National
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5121-5
DOI :
10.1109/NRSC.1998.711443
