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OBJECT TYPE: S BAND
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0355.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: ALGONQUIN RADIO OBSERVATORY VLBI
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 29.0 cm
Height: 115.5 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: INSTRUMENT USED AT ALGONQUIN RADIO OBSERVATORY, PROBABLY AT SITE 3 WITH 46 M. ANTENNA. ARO WAS ESTABLISHED IN LATE 1950S TO PROVIDE NATIONAL RADIO OBSERVATORY PROVIDING FACILITIES TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR SUN IN COLLABORATION WITH DOMINION RADIO ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY (DRAO) ESTABLISHED IN 1957 IN PENTICTON BC.
Function: INSTRUMENT USED IN RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY TO POLARIZE S-BAND SIGNAL FROM RADIO TELESCOPE.
Technical: PROBABLY COMPONENT OF NRC'S VLBI, 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 OFKM APART CAN BE USED TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE *
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING READING "LOWER CONE CASTING/ SECTION 2/ DF 4 54 C/ S BAND POLARIZER
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: BRASS COLOURED/ PLATED/ METALLIC
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Polariser, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1999.0355, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0355.001/

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