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Where to Learn the Basics of Radio Astronomy

-- Akhan | October 11, 2019

Question:

hi sir, i am a final year student of astrophysics from Karachi,Pakistan. i want to know how to learn radio astronomy i mean from receiving signals to transforming it into an image. how its all done. we dont have even a single radio telescope so for now received data will work fine for me. Thanks.

-- Akhan

Answer:

I believe that this question is similar to the one I answered a while back regarding How Does a Radio Telescope Work?. I believe that the information provided there will at least get you started on the basics of radio astronomy.

-- Jeff Mangum

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