Quiet Skies Project

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Quiet Skies Project

• Sue Ann Heatherly, Ron Maddalena
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory

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Why Dark Skies/Quiet Skies? Optical and radio
astronomy can be done from the ground!
Credit Windows to the Universe, thence to
NASA/STSCI/JHU
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NRAO Telescopes
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Why quiet skies?
Got a cell phone on Titan?
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Why quiet skies?
0.00000000000000000000000001
watts/m2/Hz
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http//www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.html
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Quiet Skies Project and IYA

• Two Flavors
• 1. Be an Interference Detective AM Radio
  Scavenger Hunt of any interior space.
• Can be Try it at Home, or
• guided activity.
• Limited to AM Frequencies.

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Quiet Skies Project and IYA

• 2. Quiet Skies Kits
• Contain sensitive instrument which can detect
  RFI at Frequency range of 800-1700 MHz (
  scientifically interesting).
• Loan program. 500 units x 10-20 locations
  throughout IYA.
• Measurements reported to NRAO data base resulting
  in
• the radio version of

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Anatomy of a Quiet Skies Detector
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http//www.gb.nrao.edu/php/quietskies