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1 Quiet Skies Project Sue Ann Heatherly, Ron Maddalena National Radio Astronomy Observatory

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4 Why Dark Skies/Quiet Skies? Optical and radio astronomy can be done from the ground! Credit: Windows to the Universe, thence to NASA/STSCI/JHU

5 Green Bank Telescope Very Large Array Very Long Baseline Array Atacama Large Millimeter Array NRAO Telescopes

6 Got a cell phone on Titan? We can hear you now! Why quiet skies?

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9 Quiet Skies Project and IYA Two Flavors: 1. Be an Interference Detective : AM Radio Scavenger Hunt of any interior space. Can be “Try it at Home”, or guided activity.  Limited to AM Frequencies.

10 Quiet Skies Project and IYA 2. Quiet Skies Kits:  Contain sensitive instrument which can detect RFI at Frequency range of MHz ( scientifically interesting).  Loan program. 500 units x locations throughout IYA.  Measurements reported to NRAO data base resulting in… the radio version of…

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12 Anatomy of a Quiet Skies Detector

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