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InterIITRadioInterferometeroveraperiodfewyears.Thiswouldgiveussignificantresearch
aswellastrainingopportunities.WeinviteotherIITstoparticipateintheprojectsothatwe
canhaveagoodbaseline,collectingareaofsignalsandgreaterchanceofprocuringfunds
whilemakingInterIITinterferometer.Wehavestartedmakingasingledishtrackableradio
telescope.Wethinkbestplantofollowwhileconstructinginterferometeristoproceedas
follow:
1. SingleDishTelescopethatcandetectsunandartificialsatellites
2. Couplethereadingswithacomputerandmakeagraphofsunandsatellites
3. Makeatrackablemount(Preferablyequatorialmountsothatonlyonemotoris
requiredtotrackanyobject)
4. Recordtheemissionsfromsunoveraperiodofdaysandseeforsolarflares
5. Startmakinganothersimilarsingledishsystem.
6. Usingcorrelator,couplethetwotelescopesandmakealocalinterferometer.
7. StartmakingaseparateLNA(Lownoiseamplifier)andReceiverSystemasyouwill
needsignificantgaintolookinterestingobjects.
8. UseyourcustommadeLNAandreceiversystemandobserve21cmlineofgalaxyand
goodobservationsofsun.
9. ProceedtowardsmakinghugesingledishtelescopesatparticipatingIITsandplanof
makingInterIITInterferometer.
Nowyoucancompletetillstep4verycheaplyandrapidly.ToconstructtheSIngledish
systemyouwouldneedfollowingcomponents:
1.dishantenna(around1mdiameter)
2.LNB(Kuband)(sothatyoucantrackartificialsatellites)
3.satellitefinder(Requiredtoeasilydetectsignalsandcouplewithcomputer)
4.coaxialcable
5.extensioncords
6.screwdrivers,pliers
7.solderrod,solderwireandconnectingwires
8.Multimeter
9.Laptopchargerora15Vadapter(TopowerthesatellitemeterandLNB)
10.ArduinoorRaspberryPi(OranyotherAnalogtodigitalconvertertocouplewithcomputer)
11.StepperMotor(Tomovetrackabletelescope)
12.PVCpipesandstand(Tomakealightweighttelescope)
Nowtheamountofabovecomponentswillbearound800010000rupeesandyoucan
hopefullyconstructabovesystemin23months.
Contact:
ShivamPandey(IITDelhi), pandeysp1495@gmail.com (09587968308)
AnchalGupta(IITBombay), anchal.physics@gmail.com (08286005181)
References:
1. Tolearnaboutradioastronomyandtelescopebasics
https://www.astron.nl/~mag/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=radio_astronomy_course_descriptio
n#lecture_notes_2009
2. NCRAASRTpage(Downloadthepdfofasrtfordetailedinstructions)
http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/rpl/Pages/affordablesmallradiotelescope/affordablesmallr
adiotelescope
3. MITHaystackObservatoryPage(SimilarprojectofMIT)
http://www.haystack.mit.edu/edu/undergrad/VSRT/