Abstract Details

Name: Gireesh GVS
Affiliation: Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru
Conference ID: ASI2020_547
Title : A low cost set-up for radio observations of the solar chromosphere
Authors and Co-Authors : G. V. S. Gireesh, Indrajit V. Barve, C. Kathiravan, R. Ramesh
Abstract Type : Poster
Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques
Abstract : We present here the details related to the prototype set-up that has been commissioned at the Gauribidanur observatory for daily observations of the Sun at ~11 GHz using commercially available low cost TV dish antenna to study the upper solar chromosphere from where radio emission at the above frequency originates in the Sun’s atmosphere. We could also successfully observe the radio emission from the “background” Sun during periods when there were no transient solar activity.