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Radioastronomy through an Artificial Ionospheric Window—Spacelab 2 Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

G. R. A. Ellis ,
A. Klekociuk ,
G. T. Goldstone  and
Michael Medillo
G. R. A. Ellis
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Tasmania
A. Klekociuk
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Tasmania
G. T. Goldstone
Affiliation:
Department of Science, Hobart
Michael Medillo
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Boston University
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Abstract

Observations of the galactic background radio emission at a number of frequencies between 2.7 MHz and 1.07 MHz were made in association with the plasma depletion experiments of Spacelab-2 to test the concept of making low frequency radio observations through an artificial ionospheric window. Following the Shuttle OMS burn at a time when foF2 was 1.99 MHz, a decrease in the maximum ionospheric electron density of approximately 30% occurred. The first observations of the radio emission at high galactic latitudes with good angular resolution (25 degrees) were obtained during this event.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , 1986 , pp. 331 - 333
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1986

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