Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 9-12, Higher Education, Informal Education
Subject
Space Science, Solar System and Planets, Telescopes, Astronomy, Jupiter
Type
Hands-on Activities
The Radio JOVE Project announces Radio JOVE 2.0, a new radio astronomy telescope kit for beginner and advanced citizen scientists to observe radio emissions from the Sun, Jupiter, the Milky Way, and Earth-based sources. Participants assemble and operate a 16-24 MHz multi-frequency radio astronomy telescope to gather and contribute data to support scientific studies. Participants also may interact with other radio observatories in real time over the Internet. The Radio JOVE 2.0 radio telescope uses a dual-dipole antenna, a software defined radio (SDR), and spectrograph recording software, and can address science questions related to heliophysics, planetary and space weather science, and radio wave propagation.
The project can be utilized in high school and college science classes and extracurricular groups. Advanced projects are available. We encourage amateurs to become citizen scientists.
Visit The Radio JOVE Project to find out how to participate.