I Guess This Antenna Is Big Enough

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Ward Silver

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Feb 4, 2021, 12:52:14 PM2/4/21
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Imagine having an antenna that is so big an international treaty is required to build it!  


73, Ward N0AX

Joe Dzekevich

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Feb 4, 2021, 12:59:42 PM2/4/21
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Ward,

 

Looks like a great spot for a future EME contest site.  LOL.

 

Joe, K1YOW

 

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n5pa

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Feb 4, 2021, 1:16:48 PM2/4/21
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Ward:

This reminds me of the program our Astronomy Club is involved with. 



This is the Sangre Telescope at Rainwater Observatory in French Camp, MS. It is a 0.65m 
f/8 Ritchey-Chretien telescope and is part of the Las Cumbres Global Telescope Network. The operating network currently consists of two 2 meter telescopes, nine 1 meter telescopes, and seven 40 cm telescopes, placed at six astronomical observatories. The network operates as a single, integrated, observing facility, using a software scheduler that continuously optimizes the planned observing schedule of each individual telescope. 


You can see the large observatory that houses the large telescope on the right. You can do amazing astrophotography with it, even without stacking the images. 

Same technique as the Square Kilometer Array will use. It is the same theory as stacking antennas for more gain. 

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Alan Clark, N5PA
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On Feb 4, 2021, at 11:52 AM, Ward Silver <hwar...@gmail.com> wrote:


Imagine having an antenna that is so big an international treaty is required to build it!  


73, Ward N0AX

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Frank M. Howell

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Feb 4, 2021, 1:23:15 PM2/4/21
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Great post, Alan. 

Most outside MS wouldn’t know that this is a high school’s observatory! They also have a FM station...and magnificent bakery.

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Frank
K4FMH

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Ward:

This reminds me of the program our Astronomy Club is involved with. 

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This is the Sangre Telescope at Rainwater Observatory in French Camp, MS. It is a 0.65m 
f/8 Ritchey-Chretien telescope and is part of the Las Cumbres Global Telescope Network. The operating network currently consists of two 2 meter telescopes, nine 1 meter telescopes, and seven 40 cm telescopes, placed at six astronomical observatories. The network operates as a single, integrated, observing facility, using a software scheduler that continuously optimizes the planned observing schedule of each individual telescope. 

<solar08.jpg>

You can see the large observatory that houses the large telescope on the right. You can do amazing astrophotography with it, even without stacking the images. 

Same technique as the Square Kilometer Array will use. It is the same theory as stacking antennas for more gain. 

73,
Alan Clark, N5PA
Ellisville, MS
Email:  n5...@n5pa.com
URL:  http://www.n5pa.com

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Imagine having an antenna that is so big an international treaty is required to build it!  


73, Ward N0AX

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n5pa

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Feb 4, 2021, 1:38:11 PM2/4/21
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Frank:

Rainwater Observatory is a real gem!  My wife and I built the Solar Observatory there. I bet they are glad AE5LG, Jarrod Marsh is back in Starkville and teaching at the University. He was ramrodding the big scope until he finished his PhD in Physics. 


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Frank M. Howell

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Feb 4, 2021, 1:40:57 PM2/4/21
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Yep, thanks go to Martin Jue who picked up Jarrod when his Navy job ended. He worked directly for Martin over the six months or so he was at MFJ.

FB on the solar observatory founding!

Frank

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Frank:

n5pa

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Feb 4, 2021, 1:51:10 PM2/4/21
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Frank:

Solar Observing is my favorite type of observing, especially during solar maximum. But I will drag out the 11” Celestron to do some Astrophotography. 


This was the Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction on December 21, 2020. 

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Alan Clark, N5PA
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Khan Tran

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Feb 4, 2021, 2:05:10 PM2/4/21
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Oh wow. That’s a beautiful picture.

n5pa

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Feb 4, 2021, 2:20:48 PM2/4/21
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Thanks Khan! I did not think I would get that shot again in my lifetime. 


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Alan Clark, N5PA
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Oh wow. That’s a beautiful picture.
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Frank:

Solar Observing is my favorite type of observing, especially during solar maximum. But I will drag out the 11” Celestron to do some Astrophotography. 

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Joseph Johnston

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Feb 4, 2021, 3:03:34 PM2/4/21
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That is awesome!


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n5pa

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Feb 4, 2021, 3:05:01 PM2/4/21
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Thanks! I consider myself an amateur Astrophotographer!


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Alan Clark, N5PA
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