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1.2 Radio astronomy and instrumentation

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Part of the book series: Landolt-Börnstein - Group VI Astronomy and Astrophysics ((LANDOLT 6,volume 4A))

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This document is part of Subvolume A 'Instruments and Methods' of Volume 4 'Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology' of Landolt-Börnstein - Group VI 'Astronomy and Astrophysics'.

It contains:

1.2.1  Introduction

1.2.2  Basics of radio astronomy

1.2.3  Radio telescopes

1.2.4  Radio astronomy receivers (analog)

1.2.5  Radio astronomy back-ends

Substances contained in this document (element systems and chemical formulae):

C-H-O : H2CO; C-N : CN; C-O : CO; C-S : C2S; H : H; H-N : NH4; H-O : H2O, OH, H2O; O : O2; O-S : SO

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