Tag: radio astronomy

Camelopardalids Meteor Shower: 24, May

30/05/2014
Radio Astronomy

Well unlike the results from the Eta Aquarids , the Camelopardalids produced a much more convincing peak of activity and at the predicted time! Like my Geminid observations , the ‘9db above noise’ plot, produces a nice peak well above the other days either side.  Looking at the 3db plot, there is quite a bit of activity the day after the showers peak on the 24th. I wonder if this indicates a higher density of smaller particles on one…

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Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower 6th & 7th May

29/05/2014
Radio Astronomy

Finally managed to go through the data from the Eta Aquarids. The  shower was estimated to occur between the 4th and 8th of May. The IMO’s visual record show peaks on the 6th and 7th of May.  I was a little unprepared for this observation and should have started the data collection a 3 earlier. This would have given a better baseline of background activity from which any  Aquarid activity would hopefully stand out…

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Lyrids Meteor Shower

07/05/2014
AstronomyRadio Astronomy

With the recording of the Geminid shower last year producing a graph that seemed to match pretty well with data collected and published by the the IMO, I felt that the set up of my radio telescope was working well enough to capture last months Lyrids. Running between the 16th and 25th this gave enough of a window to allow the plot to show both the general background activity both before and after the…

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What Balmy Autumnal Evenings?

03/11/2013
Astronomy

Well apart from one session out at the scope in early September, the weather these last  seven weeks has been dire.  I’ve got to go back to December of last year when I was only able to get out once during a month.  November looks as though it’s going to be even worse, with not one clear night so far. While we have had lots of clear skies during the day, the  relatively high…

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DIY Radio Astronomy: Perseids 2013

13/09/2013
Astronomy

For a number of years, my -not so local any more  Astronomy Club – Kernow Astronomers, have held a BBQ on the eve of , or very close to the eve of,  the Perseid Meteor Shower. The weather on most of these occasions has generally been poor and at worst we’ve been clouded right out. When it has been clear we have seen a lot of cloud about so have had to  resort to…

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