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Solar Radio Astronomy at the University of Western Australia, 1946-48

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R.R. Burman  and
P.M. Jeffery
R.R. Burman
Affiliation:
University of western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009
P.M. Jeffery
Affiliation:
University of western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009
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Abstract

A small radio astronomy group led by S.E. Williams in the Department of Physics at the University of Western Australia operated in the pioneering days. Observations were made of solar radiation at 75 Mc/s (4 m), using a polar-mounted Yagi antenna on the University campus in the Perth suburb of Nedlands. The group produced four papers, three in Nature and a longer one published locally. Although the work was noticed internationally, its influence on the course of radio astronomy seems to have been slight, and even the existence of the group has been almost forgotten outside of its home department.

Type
History of Australian Astronomy
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , 1992 , pp. 168 - 169
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1992

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