Gauribidanur Radio Observatory

Gauribidanur Radio Observatory
Organization	Indian Institute of Astrophysics; Raman Research Institute ;
Location	Gauribidanur, Karnataka, India
Coordinates	13°36′N 77°26′E / 13.6°N 77.43°E
Established	1976
Website	www.iiap.res.in/centers/radio
Telescopes	Gauribidanur Radio Heliograph; Gauribidanur Telescope ;
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The Gauribidanur Radio Observatory is a radio telescope observatory located at Gauribidanur, near Bengaluru. It is operated jointly by Raman Research Institute and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. The observatory has been in operation since 1976.

Location

The Gauribidanur Observatory is located at Gauribidanur kolar district (Latitude:13.60° N; Longitude:77.44° E), 100 km north of Bengaluru.

Science and observation

The Observatory has been used for studying various aspects of the Sun, galaxies and pulsars.

A few observations with the array have been the first two-dimensional images of radio emission from slowly varying discrete sources in the outer

pulsars

.

Facilities

The Gauribidanur Observatory has a 6-meter radio telescope, a radio heliograph, a high resolution radio spectrograph and a gravitational laboratory.

Gauribidanur Telescope

The Gauribidanur Telescope is a decameter wave radio telescope. It consists of 1000 dipoles arranged in a "T" configuration. It consists of 1.4 km East-West Arm and a 0.5 km South Arm.^[1]

Gauribidanur Radio Heliograph

The Gauribidanur Radio Heliograph is a radioheliograph used to obtain two dimensional pictures of the outer solar corona at frequencies from 40-150 MHz. It has been operating since 1997. It consists of 192 log-periodic dipoles arranged in a "T" configuration.^[2]

References

^ "Gauribidanur Telescope". The Indian Institute of Astrophysics. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
^ "Gauribidanur Radio Heliograph". The Indian Institute of Astrophysics - Gauribidanur Radio Heliograph. Retrieved 25 August 2014.