First Light for Station V of the Low-Frequency All-Sky Monitor Radio Telescope

Authors

Timothy Dolch
Philip Andrews
Brent Cole
Teviet Creighton, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Louis Percy Dartez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Alexander Dulemba
Fredrick A. Jenet, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

7-2020

Abstract

—The Low-Frequency All-Sky Monitor is a radio telescope network consisting of five stations, each with 13 LongWavelength Array (LWA) antennas, distributed around the North American continent. The LWA antennas are arranged so as to form a wide-angle drift scan beam, sensitive to bright radio transients, astrophysical and ionospheric, at 10–88 MHz. The multiple stations can reliably verify astrophysical events by simultaneous detection. Adding the fifth station at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, MI, provides a wider range of declination coverage for the project. Station V, like the previous four stations, was constructed by undergraduate researchers, who continue to operate and manage the telescope. Here we report on Station V’s “first light”, and discuss future prospects.

Comments

Copyright © 2020, IEEE

Recommended Citation

Dolch, Timothy; Andrews, Philip; Cole, Brent; Creighton, Teviet; Dartez, Louis Percy; Dulemba, Alexander; and Jenet, Fredrick A., "First Light for Station V of the Low-Frequency All-Sky Monitor Radio Telescope" (2020). Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications and Presentations. 445.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/pa_fac/445

Publication Title

2020 IEEE USNC-CNC-URSI North American Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium)

DOI

10.23919/USNC/URSI49741.2020.9321664