• DocumentCode
    971671
  • Title

    Radio Astronomy at the Meudon Observatory

  • Author

    Blum, E.J. ; Denisse, J.F. ; Steinberg, J.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Observatoire de Meudon, Service de Radioastronomie, Paris, France
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1958
  • Firstpage
    39
  • Lastpage
    43
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the principal instruments used for radio astronomical observations at the Nancay field station. They are a variable spacing interferometer made of two 7.5-meter mirrors movable on rail tracks, several radio-telescopes and interferometers for solar research at 3-cm wavelength, and a 32-antenna interferometer operating on the wavelength of 177 cm. The second part of the paper gives some new results concerning the sources of solar radio emission and a phenomenon of scintillation at 3-cm wavelength apparently caused by the troposphere.
  • Keywords
    Brightness; Buildings; Instruments; Interference; Mirrors; Observatories; Radio astronomy; Radio interferometry; Receiving antennas; Sun;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IRE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-8390
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JRPROC.1958.286708
  • Filename
    4065219