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RINGO: a Method of Determining Radio Source Positions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Robin M. Wark
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility, Parkes, CSIRO, P.O. Box 276, Parkes, NSW 2870
Alan E. Wright
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility, Parkes, CSIRO, P.O. Box 276, Parkes, NSW 2870

Abstract

We report on a new method of determining radio source positions with the Parkes radio telescope. The method is appreciably quicker than, but has a comparable accuracy to, established methods such as orthogonal scanning. It has been particularly useful during 1989 in tracking the Voyager II spacecraft as it approaches Neptune; a method of accurately pointing at the source of the radio signal was required without the signal degradation which is introduced by moving appreciably off source.

Type
Instruments and Basic Astronomy
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1990

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