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Title:

What is Radio Astronomy?

Url:

https://public.nrao.edu/radio-astronomy/the-science-of-radio-astronomy...

Publisher:

National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.)

Description: This website contains information on radio astronomy, the NRAO, how telescopes work, the history and discovery of radio astronomy, and the radio communication process. This website has activites like "Make your own Radio Image", and visual aids on topics such as: free-free emission, spectral lines, synchrotron emission, masers, and how radio communication works. The site is also a resource for blackbody radiation, the Cosmic Microwave Backround, and the mechanisms of radio wave emission.

LC Classification:

Science -- Astronomy -- Astronomical instruments -- Modern -- Telescopes. Objectives. Mirrors
Science -- Astronomy -- Non-optical methods of astronomy -- Radio astronomy
Science -- Astronomy -- Non-optical methods of astronomy -- Radio astronomy -- Radio telescopes
Science -- Astronomy -- Study and teaching. Research

GEM Subject:

Science -- Physics
Science -- Astronomy

Key Concept:

Astronomy -- Telescopes

Resource Type:

Reference Material

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Access Rights:

Free access

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