General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL RACKS & CASINGS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WINDOWS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

68.5 cm

Width

59.2 cm

Height

190.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Astronomy

Category

Observation equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1970'S+

Canada

INSTRUMENT MADE BY NRC ARO & USED AT ARO SITE 3 WITH 46 M. ANTENNA. THIS WAS PROBABLY LAST ANALOGUE SPECTROMETER IN USE IN CANADIAN ASTRONOMY &ALMOST ALL CANADIAN SPECTRAL LINE DISCOVERIES WERE MADE USING IT: IT PLAYED KEY ROLE IN DISCOVERY OF HEAVY LONG CHAIN CARBON MOLECULES HC5N, HC7N, HC9N IN INTERSTELLAR SPACE.

Function

RADIO ASTRONOMY INSTRUMENT USED TO OBSERVE RADIO SPECTRAL LINES FROM COSMIC SOURCES.

Technical

COMPONENT OF NRC'S VLBI MK I, WHICH CONNECTED 46 M. DISH AT ARO WITH DRAO IN PENTICTON; IN LATE 1960'S CANADA WAS FIRST COUNTRY TO SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOP RADIO ASTRONOMICAL TECHNIQUE OF VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY, WHERE RADIO TELESCOPES THOUSANDS OF KM APART CAN BE USED TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NEED RADIO TELESCOPE WITH DIAMETER EQUAL TO DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 LABELS ON FRONT READING "SPECTROMETER" & "RACK A"/.2 LABELS ON FRONT READING "SPECTROMETER & "RACK B"/ BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

.1-.2 GLOSSY GREEN PAINTED RACKS/ BRUSHED METAL CASING FRONTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT WINDOWS/ BLACK, BLUE & RED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/.1 GREEN LIGHTS

Decoration

N/A