Academia Sinica's Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics ( ASIAA ) ASIAA is a research institute founded in 1993 at Taipei, Taiwan, Public of to study the universe and its constituents observationally and theoretically. ASIAA's initial emphasis is on radio astronomy. ASIAA has joined the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland millimeter Array (BIMA) as a 10% partner sinice 1994. ASIAA is adding two elements to Smithsonian Astrophysical 's Sub-Mn-Array (SMA) (the SMART project) to become a 15% partner of this frontier facility which is to be completed before the year 2000. AIPS++ ( Astronomical Information Processing System ) AIPS++ is a software package which will calibrate and image (primarily) radio astronomical data. It is being written in an object-oriented style using the C++ language. AIPS++ is being developed by an international consortium. AIPS++ is not yet of interest to users, although there are some email reflectors you may wish to join for information. A beta library release is available via anonymous ftp. This may be of interest to C++ software developers. - National Astronomy and Center ( NAIC ) Astronomical Dep. of University Of Thessaloniki ATNF - Compact Array ( ATCA, Narrabri ) The Paul Wild Observatory, near Narrabri, is part of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), and operated by the CSIRO; the Officer-in-Charge is Dr Graham Nelson. The Narrabri site contains the Australia Telescope Compact Array, which consists of five antennas located along a 3-km railtrack, and a 6th antenna 3 km further to the west. ATNF - Mopra Antenna ( ATNF Mopra ) The Mopra 22-m antenna is part of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), operated by the CSIRO. It is intended for use in conjunction with other AT antennas (the six 22-m dishes at Narrabri, and the 64-m Parkes dish) to form the Long Baseline Array. Like the Parkes antenna, it is also used for single-dish operation; mm- receivers are to be installed soon. ATNF - ( ATNF Parkes ) The CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility operates a group of radio collectively known as the Australia Telescope. The ATNF Parkes Observatory consists of a 64m telescope which is used as an independent instrument, and networked with other Australian and international radio telescopes for VLBI. ATNF Parkes 21cm Multibeam Survey The Parkes 64-m telescope is commencing an HI Southern Sky and Zone of Avoidance survey in 1996. The survey will cover up to 0.04, and be sensitive to objects with HI mass between 10^6 and 10^10 solar masses, depending on distance. This will be the first extensive "blind" survey of the 21cm extragalactic sky. Australia Telescope National Facility ( CSIRO - ATNF ) CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) is an organisation that supports and undertakes research in radio astronomy. It operates the Australia Telescope, the collective name

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (1 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:51 PM] Radio Astronomy for a set of radio telescopes in New South Wales. These telescopes are used, individually or together, to study objects in the Universe ranging from the remains of dead to entire galaxies. Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association ( BIMA - Hat Creek ) BIMA is a consortium consisting of the The University of at Berkeley, The University of Illinois at Urbana and The University of Maryland at College Park which operates and maintains a millimeter-wave radio interferometer at Hat Creek, California. Bonn VLBI group ( GIUB ) The VLBI group at the Geodetic Institute of the University of Bonn (GIUB) has been persuing the use of Very Long Baseline for Geodesy and since the late seventies and is operating one of the few existing centers for the scheduling, correlation and postprocessing of geodetic VLBI observations. Caltech Millimeter Array Caltech Submillimeter Observatory ( CSO ) The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) is a cutting-edge facility for astronomical research and instrumentation development. It consists of a 10.4-meter diameter Leighton radio dish situated in a compact dome near the summit of , . Cambridge LFST Cambridge Ryle Telescope Cracow - in dm wavelength Continuous observations of solar radio emission in decimeter wavelength have been maintained in Cracow since 1957. Beginning from January 1995 we provide the reduced data on-line. The new instrument for solar radio observations is under construction. It is to start its operation in May, 1995. CSIRO - Telecommunications & Industrial Physics ( CSIRO - TIP ) This server is operated by the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility and CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, located in Sydney, Australia. The Parkes Radio Observatory is also operated by ATNF. The top-level menu contains: ATNF Site Guides and General Information, The ATNF FTP Server - Documentation (See the README file first), The ATNF FTP Server - Parkes Catalogue '90, The ATNF FTP Server - Parkes, MIT, NRAO Survey, The ATNF FTP Server - COMRAD database. There is also an FTP server , with contents: Various AIPS tasks and support routines for the processing of Australia Telescope data; Observing proposals and documentation related to the use and operation of the Australia Telescope, including vistors guides to all the ATNF sites; The Karma package (library and applications for Signal and Image Processing; A spectral line reduction package which can read a number of formats including those used by the Parkes 64m telescope; Another spectral line reduction package specifically for the reduction of spectral line data from the Parkes 64m telescope; - README Daily Martian Weather Report The Daily Martian Weather Report is produced by the Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team (MGS RST). When the MGS mapping sequence begins, the page will contain a daily weather

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (2 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:51 PM] Radio Astronomy report for the Mars based on radio measurements of the temperature and pressure profiles of the Martian atmosphere. Currently, the site contains information about the MGS mission and the Radio Science Team, the radio occultation technique for study of planetary atmospheres, profiles of the atmosphere of Venus acquired during of the Magellan spacecraft, and information for K-12 educators interested in e-mail communications between their classes and members of the MGS RST. Deep Space Network - Goldstone Deep Space Station ( DSN ) The NASA Deep Space Network - or DSN - is an international network of antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions and radio and astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe. The network also supports some Earth-orbiting missions, including emergency support of the Shuttle Space Transportation System. Departement de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Superieure ( ENS ) Physics departement of the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS). Includes the Laboratory of Millimetric Radioastronomy. Departement de Radioastronomie Millimetrique ( DEMIRM, Observatoire de Paris ) The Departement of Millimetric Radioastronomy (DEMIRM) is located in the Paris-Meudon Observatory and in the physics departement of the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS). Department of Physics and Astrophysics ( Nagoya University ) Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory [English] ( DRAO ) DRAO is a national facility operated by the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics of the National Research Council of Canada. The synthesis telescope is particularly suited to comprehensive studies of the interstellar medium, extended Galactic nebulae and -forming regions, and of nearby galaxies. The other instruments are a 26-m paraboloid and a solar flux monitoring system. Observing proposals are welcome from all interested astronomers. Effelsberg ( MPIfR ) The Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR) operates the world's largest movable radio telescope, a 100-m single-dish near Effelsberg, 40 km south of Bonn, . ESA - Villafranca Tracking Station ( ESA - VILSPA: IUE, ISO ) General information on the ESA Satellite Tracking Station and on the projects supported at Villafranca: IUE, Marecs and ISO (in the near future). The service includes links to other ESA Establishments. ETH Institute of Astronomy ( ETH Zurich ) The Institute of Astronomy at ETH Zurich includes the three following research groups: Solar Physics; Stellar and Interstellar Physics; Computer Simulations and Data Processing. European Incoherent SCATtter Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-centimeters ( VLA FIRST ) FIRST -- Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm -- is a project designed to produce the radio equivalent of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey over 10,000 square degrees of the North Galactic Cap. Using the NRAO (VLA) and an automated mapping pipeline, we

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (3 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:51 PM] Radio Astronomy produce images with 1.8" pixels, a typical rms of 150 Jy, and a resolution of 5" . At the 0.75 mJy source detection threshold, there are ~110 sources per square degree, ~35% of which have resolved structure on scales from 2-30" . Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory ( FCRAO ) The FCRAO was founded in 1969 by the University of Massachusetts, together with Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College. The original low telescope was superseded in 1976 by a 14-m diameter radome-enclosed antenna for use at high radio (mm ), built primarily to study the physics and chemistry of interstellar clouds, circumstellar envelopes, planetary atmospheres, and . Green Bank Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory ( HartRAO ) Hat Creek Radio Observatory ( UMD ) Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimétrique ( IRAM ) IRAM is an international institute for research in millimeter astronomy, cofunded by the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France), the MPG (Max Planck Gesellschaft, Germany), and since September 1990 the IGN (Instituto Geografico Nacional, ). The three IRAM sites are: ❍ Grenoble, France ■ The IRAM Headquarters ■ The IRAM Laboratories: the SIS junctions lab, the backend group, the receiver group, the computer group ❍ Plateau de Bure, France ■ The interferometer of four 15-m antennas ❍ Granada, Spain ■ The Granada laboratories ■ The 30-m telescope located on Pico Veleta Institute of Radio Astronomy of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences IPS Radio & Space Services ( IPS ) IPS is a unit of the Australian Government Department of Administrative Services and provides the Australian and space environment services. Includes: Sydney Regional Warning Centre; Culgoora Solar Observatory; Learmonth Solar Observatory; Prediction Services; Consultancy Services IRAM Newsletter The IRAM Newsletter, edited every odd month, carries information on the status and results of the IRAM telescopes: the 30m telescope at Pico Veleta (Spain) and the Interferometer on Plateau de Bure (France) IRAM (http://iram.fr/) is an international institute for research in millimeter astronomy, cofunded by the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France), the

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (4 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:52 PM] Radio Astronomy MPG (Max Planck Gesellschaft, Germany), and the IGN (Instituto Geografico Nacional, Spain). Istituto di Radioastronomia ( Bologna - C.N.R. ) The Institute provides scientists with radio telescopes to study of the physics of radio sources. The Institute operates two stations, respectively in Medicina (Bologna) and (Siracusa), with a total of 3 radio telescopes: The "Northern Cross" radio telescope (600 m x 600 m) for low frequency observations and 2 single-dish antennas (32 M), designed mainly for VLBI observations. James Clerk Maxwell Telescope ( JCMT ) The 15-m JCMT is situated close to the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and is the largest submillmetre facility in the world. It is owned and operated by the UK, Canada (see HIA JCMT pages) and the on behalf of astronomers worldwide. Its home page contains information about the site, the antenna and the instrumentation, as well as a description of the JCMT-CSO interferometer, and details of the various time allocation processes. Jicamarca Radio Observatory ( Peru, radar, incoherent scatter ) Radar studies of the ionosphere and upper atmosphere. Joint Astronomy Centre ( Hilo, Hawaii ) The Joint Astronomy Centre incorporates the 15m James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) and the 3.8m Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) on the 4200m summit of Mauna Kea along with the Centre's Hawaii headquarters in Hilo. The facility is operated by the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh on behalf of the Science and Engineering Research Council of the United Kingdom, the Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek and the National Research Council of Canada. Joint Institute for VLBI in / European VLBI Network ( JIVE / EVN ) The European VLBI Network (EVN) was formed in 1980 by a consortium of five of the major radio astronomy institutes in Europe (the European Consortium for VLBI). Since 1980, the EVN and the Consortium has grown to include 9 institutes with 12 telescopes in 8 western European countries as well as associated institutes with telescopes in , , Ukraine and China. Proposals for additional telescopes in Spain and are under consideration, and furthermore, the EVN can be linked to the 7-element Jodrell Bank MERLIN interferometer in the UK and to the US (VLBA) to create a " global network" . In 1993 the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) was created, with the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (Dwingeloo) acting as the host institute. It will provide both scientific user support and a correlator facility. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) achieves ultra-high and is a multi-disciplinary technique e.g. imaging of extragalactic radio sources, geodesy and astrometry. See EVN-TWG Meeting . There is also an EVN anonFTP directory at JB . Joint Scientific and Educational Center ( JSEC ) Goals of the Center: Joint Astrophysical Research by universities and Academy of Sciences at BTA (6m telescope) and RATAN-600- the largest Russian astrophysical instruments. / Promotion of high quality education in Astrophysics and Radioastronomy / Development of database for astronomy research and improvement of educational standards in universities specializing in astronomy. / Application of new methods and technologies to the largest telescopes of Academy of

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (5 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:52 PM] Radio Astronomy Sciences and development of instrumental base for modern astrophysical research and high quality education. JPL Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry Project ( VSOP ) This project supports the VSOP (VLBI Space Observatory Programme) mission led by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in Japan, and the RadioAstron mission led by the Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute in Russia. VSOP is scheduled for launch in September 1996, while RadioAstron is scheduled for launch in 1997. Each mission involves an orbiting 8-10 meter radio telescope dedicated to astronomical radio interferometry experiments using baselines formed between the spacecraft and a number of ground radio telescopes. A variety of information is now on line, describing the JPL Project, each of the space missions, and the science goals of the missions. Koelner Observatorium fuer SubMillimeter Astronomie ( KOSMA ) The 3-m KOSMA telescope at Gornergrat (Switzerland) is operated by the I. Physikalisches Institut (Cologne, Germany). It can be used for observations between 210 and 820 GHz. Large Millimeter and Project ( LMSA ) Large Millimeter Wavelength Telescope ( LMT, Mexico ) also see Large Millimeter Wavelength Telescope (LMT, Massachusetts) Large Southern Array Project ( LSA ) The next major step in millimetre astronomy, and one of the highest-priority items in astronomy today, will be a large millimetre array with a collecting area of up to 10,000m2. This will be roughly 10 times the collecting area of today's largest millimetre array in the world, the IRAM interferometer with 5 15m diameter telescopes. With baselines foreseen to extend to 10 Km, the angular resolution provided by the new instrument will be that of a diffraction limited 4m optical telescope. Mauritius Radio Telescope ( MRT ) MRT is a southern sky survey telescope, which is making a complimentary survey to 6C (southern sky) and observing selected southern sky . See UK and original MRT pages. Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie ( MPIfR, Bonn ) Colloquium schedule (KOLLOQUIUMSPLANUNG -- Diese Planungsdatei ist LAN-öffentlich und über Internet zugänglich via 'anonymes ftp') Metsahovi Radio Research Station The Metsähovi Radio Research Station, a separate research institute of the Helsinki University of Technology since May 1988, operates a 14 m diameter radome enclosed radio telescope at Metsähovi, 40 km west of Helsinki, . The Cassegrain telescope system can be used at frequencies 10 - 230 GHz (wavelengths 3 cm - 1.8 mm). Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Astronomy at the Instutute of Applied Physics R.A.S. ( MM and SubMM Astronomy at IAP RAS ) Millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy research at the Institute of Applied Physics (Russian Academy of Sciences) includes developments of low-noise receivers and other radio astronomical equipment, studies of dense interstellar molecular clouds, numerical modelling.

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (6 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:52 PM] Radio Astronomy Observations are performed at the 22-m radio telescope in Crimea and at other instruments worldwide. Millimeter Array project ( MMA ) Observatory ( MHO, Haystack ) The Millstone Hill Observatory, located in Westford Massachusetts, is a broad-based atmospheric sciences research facility owned and operated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Atmospheric Sciences Group, which staffs and manages the observatory, is a part of M.I.T's Haystack Observatory, a basic research organization whose focus is radio wave and radar science, instrumentation and techniques. The following resources may be of interest. EISCAT is a particularly good source of data and useful information. See, for example, incoherent scatter radar and magnetosphere Millstone Hill Observatory: Information, data, etc., including real-time radar status and data when the radar is operating. EISCAT: European Incoherent Scatter Association. NCAR: National Center for Atmospheric Research. NSF: National Science Foundation Gopher server. NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NGDC: National Geophysical Data Center. Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope ( MOST ) The MOST consists of two cylindrical paraboloids, 778m x 12m, separated by 15m and aligned East-West. A line feed system of 7744 circular dipoles collects the signal and feeds 176 preamplifiers and 88 IF amplifiers. The telescope is steered by mechanical rotation of the cylindrical paraboloids about their long axis, and by phasing the feed elements along the arms. The resulting `alt-alt' system can follow a field for +/- 6 hours (necessary for a complete synthesis with an East-West array) only if the field is south of declination -30 degrees. For fields near this limit the signal-to-noise ratio is considerably lower for the first and last hour or so due to the lower gain of the system at large `meridian distance' angles. Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory ( Tasmania ) MPE Radio Interferometry Group ( MPE ) Contact information and preprint server for the Radio Interferometry Research Group at MPE. Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory ( MRAO ) The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is part of the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of the University of Cambridge. Current research interests include: the cosmic background (Sunyaev-Zeldovich and primordial fluctuations), radio galaxies (hot-spots, spectral ageing), ultra-luminous infra-red galaxies, star formation in galaxies, low-frequency radio surveys, mm and sub-mm instrumentation, mm and sub-mm astronomy (star formation and outflows, interferometry, the Galactic Centre), the interplanetary medium, remnants, optical , and maximum entropy techniques. Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network ( MERLIN - Jodrell Bank ) Multiwavelength Images of the Milky Way galaxy in the light of several spectral lines and continuum bands, spanning the electromagnetic spectrum from radio to high- gamma-ray, are presented. The display is interactive, allowing zooming and panning of the images, each of which covers the entire sky within ten degrees of the Galactic plane. Explanatory text and links to the data sources

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (7 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:52 PM] Radio Astronomy and references are included. The Multiwavelength Milky Way site is an educational service of the Astrophysics Data Facility at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA SCAN WAIS index to abstracts from NASA's Selected Current Space Aeronautics (SCAN) abstract service Nation River Observatory National Astronomical Observatory of Spain ( OAN ) OAN is a 200 year old institution devoted to research in astronomy that operates several . The Yebes Observatory is the site of a mm-wave 14m telescope devoted to spectroscopy and VLBI. A 1.5m optical telescope is located at the Calar Alto Observatory. The OAN is also the Spanish partner of IRAM, which runs a 30m mm-wave telescope and a 5x15m mm-wave interferometer. National Centre for Radio Astrophysics ( NCRA ) National Centre for Radio Astrophysics is the leading centre in India for reseach in radio astronomy. It operates the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope(GMRT), one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world for radio astronomy at wavelengths. National Radio Astronomy Observatory ( NRAO ) The NRAO is a facility operated by Associated Universities, Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. NRAO/VLA Information System -- Maintenance Report summaries (Open and to be Repaired); Official VLA, VLBA and VLBI NUG Schedules; General Info for Visitors to NRAO (); VLA Specific Information; VLBA Specific Information; Weather Information NRAO-Charlottesville ( Headquarters ; there is also an anonFTP server . NRAO-Socorro (Array Operations Center) NRAO-Tucson NRAO-VLA (Very Large Array) NRAO-VLBA (Very Long Baseline Array) NRAO-Green Bank (140-foot, GBT, OVLBI) Nobeyama Radio Observatory, NAOJ ( NRO ) Information regarding the 45-m Telescope, the Millimeter Array(NMA), the Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array (LMSA) project, and much more. Noto VLBI Station NRAO 12m NRAO Operations ( NRAO-TUC ) The National Radio Astronomy Observatory Arizona Operations is the center for the following NRAO activities: (1) 12 Meter Telescope and (2) Millimeter Array Development Activities. NRAO Charlottesville ( NRAO-CV ) This web page contains links to these items, among others: AIPS (Astronomical Image Processing System), AIPS++, NRAO Headquarters, The Central Development Lab, and the main NRAO

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (8 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:52 PM] Radio Astronomy Library. Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories ( University of Manchester ) The Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories (NRAL) at Jodrell Bank are a part of the University of Manchester's Department of Physics and Astronomy. The Laboratories are home to the and the MERLIN & VLBI National Facility which is operated by the University on behalf of PPARC. Observatoire de Nancay The Nançay Radio Observatory is a scientific department (the Unite Scientifique de Nançay) of the Paris Observatory, and it is also associated to the CNRS (the French National Scientific Research Counsil) as the "Unite de Service et de Recherche B704". Ohio State University ( Big Ear ) Big Ear is a Kraus-type radio telescope which covers an area larger than three football fields. The telescope is famous for discovering some of the most distant known objects in the universe, and the longest-running SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) project. ( OSO ) OSO is the Swedish National Facility for Radio Astronomy. Orbiting Very Long Baseline Interferometry ( OVLBI ) Owens Valley Radio Observatory ( OVRO ) Postage Stamp Server for NVSS Radio Sky Survey ( NVSS Postage Stamp Server ) This Web page allows the user to obtain "postage stamp" FITS images of selected, small fields from the NRAO/VLA Sky Survey (NVSS). Either 1950 or 2000 positions are supported as are a number of projective geometries. This survey is being done with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array telescope at a wavelength of 20 cm (1.4 GHz) and is producing images of the sky north of declination -40 deg with a resolution of 45". Both total intensity and linear polarization is being imaged. This project began in September 1993 and the main body of observations will be finished in the Summer of 1996. Results are being made available as they are produced. Princeton University - Group The home page of the pulsar research group in the department of physics of Princeton University, this site includes pointers to the home pages of group members, a collection of pulsar related resources and pointers to our supported data analysis software (including TEMPO), and links to radio astronomy observatories and related sites. Pushchino Radioastronomy Observatory (PRAO) ( PRAO ) Pushchino Radioastronomy Observatory of Astro Space Center of P.N.Lebedev Physical Institute (PRAO ASC LPI). Radio Pulsar Resources A unified collection of information and pointers of interest to radio pulsar researchers. Resources include pointers to group and individual home pages, radio telescope home pages and telescope schedules, and pulsar related preprints and reprints.

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (9 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:52 PM] Radio Astronomy Raman Research Institute ( RRI ) The Raman Research Institute has been active in the area of Astronomy/ Astrophysics research for over two decades. The observational programmes have focussed mainly on Radio Astronomy. The Institute has been involved in the construction and operation of several major radio telescopes. Scientists at the Institute observe with these telescopes, as well as many other facilities across the world. SERENDIP The UC Berkeley SETI Program, SERENDIP (Search for Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations) is an ongoing scientific research effort aimed at detecting radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. The project is the world's only " piggyback" SETI system, operating alongside simultaneously conducted conventional radio astronomy observations. SERENDIP is currently piggybacking on the 1,000-foot dish at Arecibo Observatory in , the largest radio telescope in the world. SETI Australia Centre ( UWS ) The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Australia Center supports SETI-related high school and university science education, SETI research and public outreach programs from the University of Western Sydney Macarthur. Its research project, Southern SERENDIP, is an eight million channel spectrum analyzer piggy-backing onto conventional radio astronomy observations for the next five years at the Parkes 64 metre radio telescope in NSW,Australia. SETI Institute Home Page ( SETI ) The SETI Institute (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) serves as an institutional home for scientific and educational projects relevant to the nature, distribution, and prevalence of life in the universe. The largest research effort is Project Phoenix, the privately-funded continuation of the Targeted Search portion of NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey. Two other projects of interest are the Life in the Universe (LITU) Curriculum Project and the Flight Opportunities for Science Teacher EnRichment (FOSTER) Project. LITU develops supplementary science curriculum material for grades 3 through 9. FOSTER allows science teachers to experience the excitement of research on NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO). SETI Institute The SETI Institute serves as a home for scientific research in the general field of Life in the Universe with an emphasis on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Our research is designed to answer the question: SETI League The SETI League believes that receipt of electromagnetic signals of intelligent origin from beyond our planet will change forever our view of humanity's place in the cosmos. Our mission it to organize and coordinate people interested in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence in the hope of receiving such signals. Solar Group of RATAN-600 The group provides Solar Radio Monitoring on RATAN-600. Observations are performed with a high spatial, one - dimensional resolution scan near UT 9-00 at 30-40 wavelengths in the range from 1.67 cm up to 32 cm with left (LCP) and right (RCP) circular polarization.

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (10 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:52 PM] Radio Astronomy There are FITS and GIF data archives available from May 1997. Solar Terrestrial Activity Report The Solar Terrestrial Activity Report has an overview of current solar activity as well as this activity's effect on Earth's geomagnetic field. The report is primarily aimed at radio listeners. Solar cycle and solar wind information is part of the report. Southern Columbia Millimeter Telescope ( 1.2 Meter ) Space Sciences Laboratory ( Berkeley ) HEAD The High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society. SPRG The Space Physics Research Group. SERENDIP The Search for Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations. HOU The Hands-On Universe Program. COBE The Cosmic Background Explorer. EAG The Experimental Astrophysics Group. ISI The Infrared Spatial Interferometer Group. CEA The Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics. ORFEUS The Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometers and The Berkeley Spectrometer. Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences ( SAO RAS ) SAO is Russia's main centre for ground-based space research. The Observatory is located in the South of Russia, in the Caucasus mountains of Karachaevo-Cherkesia. The basic instruments of the Observatory are the 6-meter optical telescope BTA (Big Alt-azimuth Telescope) and the 600-meter radio telescope RATAN-600. Square Kilometer Array Interferometer radio telescope project ( SKAI ) This site provides information about the world-wide efforts to develop the next generation of radio telescope. Submillimeter Array ( SMA ) Submillimeter Telescope Observatory ( SMTO ) The Submillimeter Telescope Observatory (SMTO) is operated as a joint facility for the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory and the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (Bonn). The SMTO is located on Emerald Peak of Mt. Graham, approximately 75 miles north-east of Tucson, Arizona. Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory ( TRAO ) Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory (TRAO) is part of the Korea Astronomy Observatory, which is operated under a cooperative agreement with the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope The CAT is a three-element interferometer for cosmic microwave background observations at 13 to 17 GHz. The European VLBI Network ( EVN ) The European VLBI network (EVN) home page includes general information on the EVN, including contact adresses around the network, Call for Proposals, the EVN PC page, EVN and global VLBI scheduling, VLBINFO account, EVN experiment feedback facility, Network monitoring reports and other technical documents, the EVN Newsletter archive and a description of the type of science that can be investigated with the EVN array.

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (11 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:52 PM] Radio Astronomy The Radio Astronomy Low Frequency Meeting in Mauritius On October the 23rd to the 25th we had a meeting on Radio Astronomy at Low Frequencies. It was held in the tropical island of Mauritius, where we put our telescope. The UTR-2 catalogue The very-low frequency sky survey of discrete sources has been obtained in the Institute of Radio Astronomy of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences (Kharkov, Ukraine) with the UTR-2 radio telescope at a number of the lowest frequencies used in contemporary radio astronomy within the range from 10 to 25 MHz. Torun Radio Astronomy Observatory ( TRAO ) Torun Radio Astronomy Observatory (TRAO), now part of Torun Centre for Astronomy is an educational and research facility of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Faculty of Astronomy and Physics, Torun, Poland. The Observatory main instrument is 32m modern design radio telescope usable up to 50 GHz. Presently equipped with cooled receivers for L and C bands is used extensively for VLBI, pulsar timing and spectroscopy. Since April 1998 Torun is the full member of the EVN. Universitity of Groningen - Kapteyn Astronomical Institute There is also a Gopher server. Includes Dutch Astronomy Services University of Bonn - 2. Institute for Radio Astronomy ( RAI ) University of Calgary Radio Astronomy Laboratory University of California, Berkeley - Astronomy Department ( UCB-Astronomy ) The UCB Astronomy Home Page contains general information about the department. We maintain links for faculty, staff, post docs and students so that they may make papers, images, and other information available. Also included are an e-mail directory for the department, and links to related institutions. University of Georgia, Dept of Physics and Astronomy Astronomy at UGA University of Manchester. Radioastronomy Group ( UK ) University of Melbourne - School of Physics: Astrophysics Group University of Tasmania - Radioastronomy Group International Radioastronomy Centre ( VIRAC ) The Ventspils 32-m antenna is the biggest in the Baltics. The main purpose of the VIRAC is to take part in observations at high angular resolution of faint sources of cosmic natural and artificial radiation in order to accumulate observational data for fundamental and practical research programmes in radioastronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, geophysics, geodynamics, geodesy, co-ordinate-time service and other. Very Large Array ( VLA ) Very Long Baseline Array ( VLBA ) VLBI Antenna at Fortaleza, Brazil

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_radio.html (12 of 13) [5/26/1999 2:33:52 PM] Radio Astronomy Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) observations archive ( NFRA, Dwingeloo ) A query form lets you search the catalogue of all observations done with the WSRT since the beginning of its operations in 1970. Searches are possible by equatorial or galactic coordinates, by source name and some other parameters. Requests for data from the archive may be submitted after selection. Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope ( WSRT - NFRA ) The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope is a linear 3 kilometer array located near the village of Westerbork in the North-East of the Netherlands. The WSRT consists of fourteen 25m dishes along a perfect east-west line. By combining these fourteen elements one can synthesize a radio telescope with a diameter of 3 kilometers. World Amateur Radio Astronomers League ( WARAL ) Zurich Solar Radio Spectrometer The Radio Astronomy Group (RAG) of ETH in Zurich, Switzerland, recorded solar radio spectrograms with an analog spectrometer called Daedalus (1974-1993) in the range of 100-1000 MHz. Its observation list can be accessed directly. Two digital spectrometers, Ikarus (1978--1985) and PHOENIX (1988--1994), cover a range from 100--1000 MHz and 0.1--3 GHz, respectively. And since 1998 the new and improved Phoenix-2 Spectrometer covers a range from 0.1 -4 GHz. These data can be accessed by the ASPECT image retrieval system. Their observation list contains references to frequency programs that indicate which frequencies were observed. More information can be obtained from a RAG members.

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