On September 25th, as part of the summer course “Introduction to Radio Astronomy” organized by Universidad Publica de Navarra (UPNA) and Planetario de Pamplona, CESAR participated in a remote observation with the CERT (CEsar Radio Telescope) 15 m antenna from ESAC.
Between September 20th and 25th, about 30 students followed the course that was given by our colleague Cristina Garcia Miró (NASA Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex -MDSCC) and Ruben Herrero Illana (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia). It concluded with a practical remote observation with CERT of several astronomical radio sources: a supernovae remnant (Cassiopea A), the galactic nucleii (Sagitarius A*), a radiogalaxy (Cygnus A), one quasar (3C273) and a star formation region (Scutum).
With this demonstration and the one performed for the Carlos III University visit to ESAC in July this antenna is revealing as a suitable and powerful tool for outreach an educational activities.
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Radioastronomy workshop team.
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Introduction to radioastronomy. Cristina García.
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CESAR control room connection to the workshop. Control demostration.
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Manuel Castillo, CESAR Vil1 Antenna Operator before demostration