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Subject: How is the effective collecting area of a radio telescope calculated

Date: Mon Nov 3 23:44:54 2008
Posted by Noe
Grade level: undergrad School: Cal Poly
City: San Luis Obispo State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 1225781094.As
Message:

I am researching the minimum area needed for a space based radio telescope to
observe the epoch of reionization.  My current configuration is 9 x 9 mile
square array of dipole antennas. With approximately 100 antennas in 1 mile
increments.


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