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Science at Low Frequencies II - Dec. 2-4, 2015

Upcoming international meeting highlighting recent scientific discoveries at low frequencies. ABQ Dec. 2-4, 2015

NM Astronomers Symposium - November 6, 2015 (program, talks, abstracts)

The 31st annual NM Astronomers Symposium was held at NRAO in Socorro on November 6, 2015; UNM graduate students, postdocs, and faculty attended and presented their results.

LWA-SV (Sevietta) construction completed - October 27, 2015



LWA-SV under construction - summer 2015


LWA-SV completed - power and fiber installed, racks and cabling in place. All 256 antennas deployed and advanced digital processor is under development.

Expanded LWA project (eLWA)test run on September 17, 2015 - it works!



eLWA = LWA1 plus JVLA (in background)

VLA 4-band MJPS adds Adds 50-80 MHz capability to VLA

3C196 results - 35 minutes with LWA1 and 6 VLA antennas in A configuration

 

Lightning strikes LWA-1 - August 22, 2015

The receiver box of one of the dipole antennas exploded and about 25 percent of the FEEs in the array were damaged, significantly reducing the sensitivity of the LWA1 for a month. About half the dipoles were repaired in October and full sensitivity was restored in December; otherwise we were fortunate that no major damage was done inside the electronics shelter.


Left- broken-off receiver box ... Right - stormy weather

News from the AAS Meeting - January 4-8, 2015

Astrophysics Talk to be presented by Taylor et al. in room 190 in PandA at 2 pm January 15, 2015.

Early Results from Low-Frequency Radio Telescopes

December 8-10, 2014 at ASU in Tempe, Arizona.