Job Geheniau's Radio Telescope
Driftscan Cygnus Complex
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Over several weeks, I ended up making 11 drift scans of the area around Cygnus A (not every drift scan succeeded and there was also some time when I couldn't engage in this project unfortunately). Cygnus A is a radio galaxy with high radio emission. This emission is caused by synchrotron radiation. Each driftscan lasted 4 hours on 1410 MHz so as not to be affected by HI emission. The driftscan of Cygnus A itself at coordinates 19H59 and 40D44 had the highest result. The other driftscans showed less and less power. From these, I tried to make a 2 dimensional representation of the area around Cygnus A at 1410 MHz. All this with JRT [Job's Radio Telescope - 1.9 meters]. Also visible a (Excel) chart with all driftscans plotted in 1 chart. The (high) light blue plot is the Cygnus A driftscan itself.
Next project with this method: Cassiopeia A
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14 may 2022
![CygA_Final 2.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/133aff_5771a4ec40fe4730bf6eec892ce7925a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/CygA_Final%202.jpg)
![CygnusA_11Driftscans 2.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/133aff_7885a5907a804ac880558f60e49d9668~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_108,h_84,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/CygnusA_11Driftscans%202.jpg)