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A Small Computer System for Radio Astronomy at the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

P. T. Rayner  and
M. J. Batty
P. T. Rayner
Affiliation:
Division of Radiopnysics, CSIRO
M. J. Batty
Affiliation:
Division of Radiopnysics, CSIRO
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The Tidbinbilla NASA Deep Space Network tracking station near Canberra employs 64-m and 34-m antennas for deep space vehicle communication. Regular use is made of the facilities for radio astronomy via a host country agreement between the United States and Australia. To support the expanding astronomical use of the station, and in particular for the Tidbinbilla two-element interferometer (Batty et al. 1977), a small computer was installed early in 1980 to control observations. The system will also be used for as much data analysis as possible to minimize off-site computing.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , 1980 , pp. 28 - 29
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1980

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References

Batty, M. J., Jauncey, D. L., Gulkis, S., and Yerbury, M., Proc. Astron. Soc. Aust., 3, 115 (1977).CrossRefGoogle Scholar