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Slideshow for Slooh.com's Live show "The Big Picture" 3/20 - on Radio Astronomy.

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Radio Astronomy

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NASA

M51

Whirlpool Galaxy

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Snapped by: Vallian

OpticalTelescope

Radio Telescope

CCD Array

NoiseCorrection

NoiseCorrection & Assembly

Radio Receiver

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Telescopes and Resolutions

Cygnus A Radio Source

Images courtesy of Paul Lowell

Images courtesy of Paul Lowell

Images courtesy of Paul Lowell

Images courtesy of Paul Lowell

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of U. Manchester

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Very Long Baseline Interferometry

Interferometry

Very Large Array Australia Telescope Compact Array

Signal from one telescope.

Signals from a pair of telescopes combined.

Image courtesy of ATCA

Image courtesy of Paul Lowell

Images courtesy of Paul Lowell

Distant thunderstorm

Sunset

Suspected USAF Flyovers

Image courtesy of Christian Wolff

Star Same star w/ nearby satellite

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Noise

Radio Sources Cold Molecular

Clouds• Neutral Hydrogen• Complex

molecules

Strong Magnetic Fields• Decelerating

relativistic electrons

• Quasars, Pulsars, Supernova Remnants, Active Galaxies

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M17Swan Nebula

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Snapped by: BigDipper

AntennaGalaxies

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Snapped by: Astroman

M42Orion Nebula

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Snapped by: KathyC

Jupiter and Saturn

Betelgeuse

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Inset courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Inset courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Snapped by: orion1958

Snapped by: JoshuaH

Snapped by: orion1958

M33

M81

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Snapped by: ralphd050702

Snapped by: selby

M84

M87

Snapped by: astroman

Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Snapped by: marleenInset courtesy of NRAO/AUI

Karl Jansky

Jansky = Jy =10-26 Watts / m2 / HertzImage courtesy of NRAO/AUI

For More Info

Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers www.radio-astronomy.org

National Radio Astronomy Observatory www.nrao.edu

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute www.pari.edu

Image courtesy of NASA