Author:
Goss W. M.,Hooker Claire,Ekers Ronald D.
Abstract
AbstractAs 1961 began, John Bolton re-joined CSIRO in early January. On 24 February 1961, a meeting of the 210-foot Radio Telescope Committee (aka the GRT) was held with Bowen (chair), Minnett (secretary), Pawsey, Beard, Higgs, Bolton, Cooper, Day, Mathewson, McCready and McGee. Pawsey had prepared a document 2 days earlier that set out a plan of action for the GRT; the construction was expected to be completed by August 1961. Pawsey described Phase 1 tests of the new aerial, consisting of determinations of the shape of the dish, pointing accuracy as a function of position, wind and temperature. An example was the determination of the “… directional patterns at various polarisations to access dish accuracy, the determination of the radio axis of the dish … The measurements will require a series of radio sources of known positions distributed over the coverage of the telescope.”
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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