We're fairly proud of our Aussie ingenuity - and now we've got one more thing to add!

The Wheelie Bin Radio Telescope!

Inspired by our #SpaceAusScope project, Kent Rogers built a functioning radio telescope - into a bin!

https://spaceaustralia.com/news/wheelie-bin-radio-telescope

#SpaceAustralia

📸 K. Rogers
Kent built his telescope during Melbourne's lockdown & started observing the 21-cm wavelength neutral hydrogen signal from the Milky Way as it rolled overhead.

His antenna was a stretched-out paper clip!

https://spaceaustralia.com/news/wheelie-bin-radio-telescope

#SpaceAustralia #SpaceAusScope

📸 K. Rogers
Like other #SpaceAusScope projects, the waveguide was an old olive oil can.

But Kent also built a nice Alt-Az mount and so was able to point the telescope at different parts of the sky ...

https://spaceaustralia.com/news/wheelie-bin-radio-telescope

#SpaceAustralia #SpaceAusScope

📸 K. Rogers
And in doing so was able to observe multiple peaks from the different arms of the Galaxy, in addition to calculate doppler shifts!

Some amazing radio astronomy community science work in action!

https://spaceaustralia.com/news/wheelie-bin-radio-telescope

#SpaceAustralia #SpaceAusScope

📸 K. Rogers
We want to thank Kent for sharing his story with us and inspiring many more within our project (and beyond) to get into science and astronomy, from your own backyard!

More on the #SpaceAusScope project coming next week!

https://spaceaustralia.com/news/wheelie-bin-radio-telescope

#SpaceAustralia
You can follow @SpaceAusDotCom.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled:
Those who think consciousness raising & movement building are disconnected, or even a distraction from electoral politics have not paid attention to the history of social change.In this thread, we
Read more
The 2020s will be known as the Remote Work decadeA few predictions of what is likely to emerge[ a thread ] Third Space: Office and Working from Home will
Read more
1/29: Have you ever had a concept explained to you that helps frame complex issues you’ve been wrestling with and opens your eyes to new possibilities? A concept that I
Read more
By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.