Module
Community Labs
Work contributed by the classrooms and clubs that have taken this hardware and run with it.
4 lessons, in the order they are meant to be worked through
The lessons in the other six modules came out of the DSPIRA summer cohorts. This module covers work beyond the program. Schools, after-school programs, and amateur astronomy clubs built the hardware and conducted their own observations.
If your group is using this material and you would like to be listed, see the associate research labs page.
4 lessons in this module
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Optional activity
Cosmic rays and radio, at the WISRD lab
A student group running the horn telescopes alongside a cosmic ray detector, looking for radio from air showers
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Optional activity
Is the telescope good enough for the public?
A WVU undergraduate tested the DSPIRA design against published values to see whether it holds up outside a classroom
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Optional activity
A hydrogen line project at PhysicsOpenLab
An independent write-up of a 21 cm hydrogen line receiver, published as project documentation
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Optional activity
Somebody motorized a horn telescope
An independent Instructables build that borrowed the DSPIRA horn design and put it on a motorized mount