Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy : : An Illustrated History.

• Superior document: Historical and Cultural Astronomy Series
• Author: Orchiston, Wayne.
• TeilnehmendeR: Robertson, Peter.; Sullivan III, Woodruff T.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Historical and Cultural Astronomy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (281 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Foreword
• Preface
• Contents
• Chapter 1: From Radar to Radio Astronomy
• References
• Chapter 2: Frontier Life at the Field Stations
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Dover Heights
• 2.3 Georges Heights
• 2.4 Hornsby Valley
• 2.5 Bankstown Aerodrome
• 2.6 Potts Hill
• 2.7 Penrith
• 2.8 Dapto
• 2.9 Badgery's Creek
• 2.10 Fleurs
• 2.11 Murraybank
• References
• Chapter 3: Exploring the Neighbourhood - the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter
• 3.1 The Sun
• 3.1.1 The first solar observations at Radiophysics
• 3.1.2 Solar eclipses and solar bursts
• 3.1.3 Classifying solar bursts at Penrith and Dapto
• 3.1.4 Studies of the 'quiet Sun' at Potts Hill
• 3.2 The Moon
• 3.3 Jupiter
• References
• Chapter 4: Expanding Horizons - The Milky Way and Beyond
• 4.1 Discovery of the First Discrete Radio Sources
• 4.2 From Dover Heights to Fleurs
• 4.3 Radio Emission from the Galactic Centre
• 4.4 Surveys of the Background Radio Emission
• 4.5 Distribution of Neutral Hydrogen
• 4.6 Radio Emission from Stars
• References
• Chapter 5: Where did it all Lead?
• 5.1 Beyond the Doors of Radiophysics
• 5.2 Big Science comes to Australia
• 5.3 Changing of the Guard
• 5.4 Pulsars - Cosmic Lighthouses at Radio Wavelengths
• 5.5 A Birthday Present for the Nation
• 5.6 A Radio Telescope as Wide as Australia
• 5.7 Simply Astronomical - the Square Kilometre Array
• References
• About the Authors
• Bibliography on Early Australian Radio Astronomy
• Index.