Located in the heart of Sologne, our small radio astronomy station is equipped with a 28-element Yagi-Uda disk antenna centered on the 21 cm wavelength (1420 MHz) specially dedicated to the study of radio waves emitted by celestial objects.
This antenna, which is in its 6th version, was designed and developed by the group: radioastronomie-amateur@groups.io and manufactured in 23 copies by Jean-Marie Brieussel.
This original project allows us to capture signals coming from deep space, in particular the emission of the neutral hydrogen line, an essential wavelength in radio astronomy.
Thanks to this equipment, we explore the structure of the Milky Way and other fascinating astrophysical phenomena such as pulsars, thus offering the members of our astronomy club a unique window on the invisible universe. You can contact us about radio astronomy at radiomev AT obsstjean.fr
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