History of Radio Astronomy

• Early History of Radio Astronomy
  
  
  • Pre-History: Scientists who set the groundwork for the later discovery of radio astronomy ( versión en Español )
  • Pioneers of Radio Astronomy: Karl Jansky ( versión en Español ) and Grote Reber
  • J.S. Hey - discovery of radio emission from the Sun - 1942
  • Oort and van de Hulst - prediction of the Hydrogen line - 1944
  • Ewen and Purcell - discovery of the Hydrogen line - 1951
  
  
• Historical Telescopes at Green Bank
  
  
  • Jansky Antenna: the discovery of cosmic radio waves
  • Reber Telescope: the first surveys of "cosmic static"
  • Tatel Telescope: early astronomy at Green Bank
  • The Green Bank Interferometer (GBI)
  • The 300-foot telescope (versión en Español )
  
  
• History Links
  
  
  • Radio Sky (Amateur radio astronomers)
  • History at MIT
  • The "ham" radio connection ( versión en Español )
  • History of radio astronomy from Haystack observatory
  • A radio astronomy bibliography 1898-1983
  • By John Hoot
  • History of Jodrell Bank
  
  
• References on the History of Radio Astronomy
  
  
  • 1973: "The Evolution of Radio Astronomy", by J.S.Hey.  Science History Publications (ISBN 0 88202 027 7)
  • 1976: "Big Ear", by John Kraus. Cygnus-Quasar Books, Powell Ohio.
  • 1982: "Grote Reber and the First Radio Maps of the Sky",  John Kraus, Cosmic Search, v.4, p.14.
  • 1982: "Classics in Radio Astronomy", W.T.Sullivan, ed., Cambridge Univ.Press.
  • 1983: "Serendipitous Discoveries in Radio Astronomy", Kellermann and Sheets, Eds., Published by NRAO (PO Box 2, Green Bank, WV, 24944)
  • 1984: "Early years of Radio Astronomy", W.T.Sullivan, ed., Cambridge Univ.Press.
  • 1988: "Grote Reber, founder of radio astronomy", John Kraus,  J.Roy. Astron.Soc. Can., 82, p.107.

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