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Quiet Skies Project

Quiet Skies Project. Sue Ann Heatherly, Ron Maddalena National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Why Dark Skies/Quiet Skies? Optical and radio astronomy can be done from the ground!. Credit: Windows to the Universe, thence to NASA/STSCI/JHU. Very Large Array. Green Bank Telescope.

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Quiet Skies Project

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  1. Quiet Skies Project Sue Ann Heatherly, Ron Maddalena National Radio Astronomy Observatory

  2. Why Dark Skies/Quiet Skies? Optical and radio astronomy can be done from the ground! Credit: Windows to the Universe, thence to NASA/STSCI/JHU

  3. Very Large Array Green Bank Telescope Atacama Large Millimeter Array Very Long Baseline Array NRAO Telescopes

  4. We can hear you now! Why quiet skies? Got a cell phone on Titan?

  5. Why quiet skies? 0.00000000000000000000000001 watts/m2/Hz

  6. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.html

  7. Quiet Skies Project and IYA Two Flavors: 1.Be an Interference Detective : AM Radio Scavenger Hunt of any interior space. Can be “Try it at Home”, or guided activity. Limited to AM Frequencies.

  8. Quiet Skies Project and IYA 2. Quiet Skies Kits: Contain sensitive instrument which can detect RFI at Frequency range of 800-1700 MHz ( scientifically interesting). Loan program. 500 units x 10-20 locations throughout IYA. Measurements reported to NRAO data base resulting in… the radio version of…

  9. Anatomy of a Quiet Skies Detector

  10. http://www.gb.nrao.edu/php/quietskies

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