Inter-Commission B4-C3 WG Historical Radio Astronomy (Inter-Union IAU-URSI) — Functional
Description
Mission/Goals (permanent):
a) Assemble and maintain a master list of surviving historically-significant radio telescopes and associated instrumentation found worldwide
b) Coordinate and document the technical specifications and scientific achievements of these instruments
c) Maintain an on-going bibliography of publications on the history of radio astronomy
d) Monitor other developments relating to the history of radio astronomy (including the deaths of pioneering radio astronomers)
Goals (short term):
a) Complete biographical memoirs of recently deceased radio astronomers to post on the web site here
b) Support the publication of papers on the history of radio astronomy currently in preparation by WG members
c) Document the history of the development of large radio astronomy facilities
Links:
Under
Commission B4 Radio Astronomy
Commission C3 History of Astronomy
Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC and Delft University of Technology
Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4
7991 PD Dwingeloo
Netherlands
Phone: +31 521596514
Organization website: http://www.jive.eu/
NCA adherence: Netherlands
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
717 White Lake Rd
PO Box 248
Penticton V2A 6J9
British Columbia (BC)
Canada
Phone: +1 250-497-2350
Organization website: http://astroherzberg.org/people/robishaw/
NCA adherence: Canada
Last updated:
November 20, 2023