Welcome to Guildford Astronomical Society

 My long standing interest in astronomy was re-energised by a chance encounter at a business conference with a self declared ‘amateur radio astronomer’. Prior to that I had no idea that such things were possible. After consulting “Professor Google” it became clear that there were simple projects which did not require extensive technical knowledge, practical electronic skills or much money. I was hooked especially as it did not involve late nights out in the cold. My first project was to observe the ionosphere. I purchased a receiver and built a 0.8m square loop aerial and recorded the results on an old computer. I have continued these observations and now submit my monthly observations to the BAA. My observations have expanded to include Magnetometry and cosmic rays. This records the effect on the Earth’s magnetic field of solar events such as coronal mass ejections and flares. Along the way I re-learnt how to solder and discovered the RaspberryPi and Python programming. While I make no pretence to expertise it’s been great fun learning and the results are very rewarding. Radio based astronomy has spurred me on to learn and explore a new world of independent amateur science.

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