Studium General “Radio Astronomi”

On Monday, December 17, 2012, a General Studium was held in the Multimedia room on the 2nd floor of Labtek 8, which took the theme of “Radio Astronomy”. Radio Astronomy/Radio astronomy includes radio waves, microwaves (mm and submm). Submm microwaves can detect water vapor and oxygen. Mm/submm  has a wavelength range of 30-700 GHz, ground based. Observation techniques can be single dish and interferometry.

Galaxy observations can be made using telescopes or radio astronomy techniques. Radio astronomy allows for more detailed observations. Many examples of telescopes exist around the world, including the Arecibo Telescope, the IRAM 30m telescope (mm), the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (submm), and the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer (mm). Another type of telescope is the telescope array.

The next technology is e-VLBI, which utilizes the internet. All the world's telescopes are combined into one using telescope array technology connected via the internet. IVS is one of the institutions that combines all this data into one. This data is expected to serve as a reference for future observations that are more accurate and faster.

Many countries in the world have used radio astronomy technology, one of which is cancer detection with certain radio waves, and weather detection.