Radio Astronomy History Talks

Description

Presentations on the history of radio astronomy given by NRAO and Green Bank Observatory staff and retirees, in chronological order by date presented.

Collection Items

Trudging Off to Chajnantor: The 20-Year Random Walk to ALMA
Description: Slides of a talk given by Paul Vanden Bout at Science with ALMA, Madrid, November 2006.
Start Date: 2006-11-00

The Beginnings of NRAO and the Transition of Radio Astronomy to Big Science (Ken Kellermann), 25 September 2009
Description: Slides of a talk given by Ken Kellermann in Socorro, NM on September 25, 2009.
Start Date: 2009-09-25

The Evolution of Millimeter-Wave Astronomy at NRAO (Mark Gordon), January 2012
Description: Slides of a talk about mm wave astronomy given by Mark Gordon at the USNC-URSI-J annual meeting in Boulder, CO in January 2012.
Start Date: 2012-01

The First Radio Astronomy Interferometer (Bob Hayward), 13 March 2013
Description: Slides and video of a talk given on the Bell Labs Experimental Multiple Unit Steerable Antenna (MUSA) by Bob Hayward at NRAO in Socorro, NM.
Start Date: 2013-03-13

Bell Labs and Its Radio Astronomy Legacy (Bob Hayward), 30 November 2013
Description: Slides of a talk about Bell Labs by Bob Hayward at the Array Operations Center in Socorro, NM on 30 November 2013.
Start Date: 2013-11-30

Stirling Colgate and the Multifunction Array Radar (Bob Hayward), 1 November 2014
Description: Slides of a talk given on the Multifunction Array Radar by Bob Hayward at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM on 1 November 2014.
Start Date: 2014-11-01

The Genesis of SIS Mixers - The Legacy of John Tucker in Radio Astronomy (Tony Kerr et al.), 2015
Description: Slides of a talk given by A. R. Kerr, S.‐K. Pan and W. G. Lyons at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Phoenix, AZ in 2015.
Start Date: 2015

The Peripatetic Mr. Reber (Ellen Bouton), July 2016
Description: Slides of a talk given by Ellen Bouton on Grote Reber at the History of Canadian Radio Astronomy conference in Penticton, British Columbia from 25-26 July 2016.
Start Date: 2016-07

The Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope (Ken Kellermann), August 2018
Description: Slides of a talk given on the LFST by Ken Kellermann at IAU GA Vienna in August 2018.
Start Date: 2018-08

Radio Source Counts and the Steady State Universe Revisited (Ken Kellermann), December 2018
Description: Slides of a talk given by Ken Kellermann at Jas@75 in Vancouver, Canada in December 2018.
Start Date: 2018-12

Ruby Payne-Scott (Miller Goss), 8 February 2019
Description: Slides of a talk about Ruby Payne-Scott given by Miller Goss at Augusta University on 8 February 2019.
Start Date: 2019-02-08

SKA Ideas, Motivation and Funding in the United States (Ken Kellermann), April 2019
Description: Slides of a talk given on the SKA by Ken Kellermann for SKA History in Manchester, England in April 2019.
Start Date: 2019-04

Discovery Space: An Underrated Key Science Project (Ken Kellermann), April 2019
Description: Slides of a talk given by Ken Kellermann for SKA History in Manchester, England in April 2019.
Start Date: 2019-04

A Short History of the MAR-I (Bob Hayward), 22 May 2019
Description: Slides of a talk given on the Multifunction Array Radar by Bob Hayward at the IEEE-Albuquerque meeting in Socorro, NM on 22 May 2019.
Start Date: 2019-05-22

Historical Research and the Freedom of Information Act (Ken Kellermann), January 2020
Description: Slides of a talk given on his experience with FOIA by Ken Kellermann for AAS 235 in January 2020.
Start Date: 2020-01

J.L.Pawsey: Pioneer Radio Astronomer (Miller Goss), 16 March 2022
Description: Slides of a talk about Joe Pawsey by Miller Goss at the Domenici Science Operations Center in Socorro, NM on 16 March 2022.
Start Date: 2022-03-16

Nikolai Kardashev and the Search for Extraterrestrial Civilizations (Ken Kellermann), April 2022
Description: Slides of a talk given on Nikolai Kardashev by Ken Kellermann for Kardashev@90 in Moscow, Russia in April 2022.
Start Date: 2022-04

Radio Astronomy and Spectroscopy: Bell Labs to ALMA (Anthony Remijan), June 2022
Description: Slides of a talk given by Anthony Remijan at the June 2022 AAS meeting.
Start Date: 2022-06

Leonid Gurvits, VLBI and Cosmological Parameters (Ken Kellermann), October 2022
Description: Slides of a talk given by Ken Kellermann in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, October 2022.
Start Date: 2022-10

Millimeter-Wave Astronomy - The Green Bank Connection (Phil Jewell), 6 October 2022
Description: Slides of a talk given by Phil Jewell in Green Bank, WV, 6 October 2022.
Start Date: 2022-10-06

The Very Large Array: Past and Future (Dave Finley), ca. 2022
Description: Slides of a talk about the history of the VLA given by Dave Finley at the VLA 40th anniversary, to the Albuquerque Astronomical Society, as the physics colloquium at New Mexico Tech and elsewhere.
Start Date: 2022

J.L.Pawsey: His 1961-1962 Plans for the Future of NRAO and a Proto-VLA (Miller Goss), 22 February 2023
Description: Slides of a talk about Joe Pawsey given by Miller Goss at the Domenici Science Operations Center in Socorro, NM on 22 February 2023.
Start Date: 2023-02-22

Karl Jansky and the Beginning of Radio Astronomy (Ken Kellermann), 27 April 2023
Description: Slides of a talk about Karl Jansky given by Ken Kellermann at NRAO on 27 April 2023.
Start Date: 2023-04-27

The Story of the Story: The ALMA Telescope (Adele Plunkett), 22 August 2023
Description: Slides of a talk given by Adele Plunkett on 22 August 2023 about the book, The ALMA Telescope: The Story of a Science Mega-Project.
Start Date: 2023-08-22

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