[SADXA] Sun
Wes
wes_n7ws at triconet.org
Tue Jun 21 22:37:45 EDT 2022
Thanks for the info Darrel.
On 6/21/2022 7:32 AM, Darrel wrote:
> The sun is busy today. Looking at the New Mexico LWA2 radio telescope
> https://leo.phys.unm.edu/~lwa/lwatv2.html
> at 30 MHz, it's been steadily the brightest object in the sky at that frequency
> since it rose this morning, effectively blocking out the other strong radio
> sources
> in the sky (Cas A, Cygnus A and the Galactic center). Normally the sun is
> barely visible at that frequency with the LWA. It'll be raising the background
> noise on the higher HF bands today - and should easily be detected if
> you rotate a 2m beam in that direction.
>
> Cheers,
> Darrel, aa7fv.
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