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  Session: Innovations in Teaching Astronomy
  Paper Type: Contributed
  Title: Implementing a Horn Radio Telescope in HS Physics and Astronomy
  Meeting: 2018 Summer Meeting: Washington, DC
  Location: N/A
  Date:
  Time: 2:40PM
  Author: John L. Makous,, Providence Day School,
704-887-7009, john.makous@providenceday.org
  Co-Author(s): None
  Abstract: The results of our experience in the Research Experience for Teachers - Digital Signal Processing In Radio Astronomy program at West Virginia University will be presented. Specifically we will discuss the construction of the horn structure, analog electronics assembly, and digital design using software defined radio. We further discuss the operation, and use of a horn radio telescope in high school physics and astronomy courses. This telescope is designed to detect the 21 cm wavelength emitted by atomic hydrogen, enabling students to map hydrogen in the Milky Way Galaxy, as well as determine detailed information about its structure.
  Footnotes: None
  Presentation: sm2018_makous.pdf

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