Radio astronomers observe the sky with telescopes that
collect incoming radio waves instead of visible light. At WT, we
sometimes use large national observatories like the National Radio
Astronomy Observatory's Very
Large Array in New Mexico and the
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, but we are also currently
building our own radio observatory. in addition to an optical
telescope, the observatory will contain the following radio
telescopes:
Multi-wavelength system - An ICOM R-8500 receiver
which can be connected to any type of antenna and be used to monitor
frequencies from 30 MHz to 2.0 GHz.
21 cm Interferometer - A
custom built system will combine signals from three large dish
antennas to create images of the radiation emitted by neutral
hydrogen in our own galaxy and in others.