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Where can I get a step by step guide to use CASA for obtaining a radio image of a planet like say Jupiter?

I intend to use CASA for processing ALMA data for Jupiter and obtain a proper radio image for Jupiter. However, is there any specific step by step guide for the same just as is the following for TW ...
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How and where can I get the continuum and/or FITS data for Jupiter and Saturn from ALMA, GMRT and VLA Telescopes?

I intend to process and analyze the radio images and emissions from Jupiter and Saturn. I wish to get data from ALMA, GMRT and VLA Telescopes. Requesting you to please guide me as to how do I access ...
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Requirements to resolve position of Jovian Whistlers up to magnitude of Red Spot with amateur radio equipment?

Can I sense a bright star pointing an eight foot antenna towards it? is a while ago, but the discussion about this question I found very interesting. Please forgive me that I am not an expert in ...
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Is GAIA the only game in town for looking at quadrupole gravitational deflection of light?

From Gerry Gilmore (2018) Gaia: 3-dimensional census of the Milky Way Galaxy 4.4 Fundamental physics Relativistic effects are highly significant for Gaia measurement accuracy, with tests of General ...
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How far can we detect lightning in radioastronomy?

The wikipedia article on whistlers has this information: Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft detected whistler-like activity in the vicinity of Jupiter known as "Jovian Whistlers", implying the ...
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Printed Circuit Board manufacturing file for Radio Jove?

I woild like to build a Radio Jove receiver whose design is available on NASA website. However, I don't want to purchase the receiver, I would like to make it, but but I don't have any knowledge about ...
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What exactly is this VLA radio image of Jupiter showing?

This VLA image is beautiful, and instructive, but I don't understand it fully. This version is from an article in Gizmodo where the credit reads: A radio image of Jupiter captured by the Very Large ...
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Need help with the math in Python program to flag Jovian radio emissions

A few days ago I decided to take on the little project of converting a Qbasic program into Python (as a side project to my Radio Jove project), and I've managed to get it to run, but the math is ...
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Jupiter FM - What are practical and inexpensive ways for the amateur detection of signals from Jupiter, especially of the transit of her moons?

What modifications to a standard AM/FM or shortwave radio are needed in order to be able to detect radio-wave signals emitted from Jupiter? Would it be possible to detect the transit of the major ...
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