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News/Updates: - 07.29.09 : Construction of the dish platform is complete, wireless tranceiver is on its way, dish should be up by next week! - 04.22.09 : Kathie Zipp and Allison Smith of the Daily Kent Stater, have published another article on the project, check it out here - 04.07.09 : Shantae Rollins of Kent State's E-Inside, has published an article on the project, check it out here - 03.14.09 : Ground has been broken! The lovely Ohio weather has given us a glimpse of spring. See an updated photo journal here - 03.4.09 : We finally have approval from the architects office, and Dr. Anderson to break ground - now just waiting for the weather. - 02.11.09 : Poster presentations for the Celebration of Scholarship, check out ours here! - 02.10.09 : University Architects office approves site plan, and proposal for wiring. - 01.01.09 : Welcome to the International Year of Astronomy!!! - 12.14.08 : Telescope retrieval road trip was a success thanks to, Mitch Peters, Kevin Pospichel, Tedd Riffe, and Justin Wheatcroft! - 11.14.08 : Trip to Wellesley a success, check out the photos here! - 10.25.08 : Wellesley College (Kim McCleod) along with the Haystack Observatory at MIT (Preethi Pratap) donate an SRT system to KSARS! - 10.2.08 : Journalism student David Alan Foster produced a clip of our project, this was before the details changed quite a bit! Check it out here Welcome KSARS is comprised of a small group of physics undergraduate students whose interests include (radio) astronomy, and astrophysics. The original intent of the project was to further the Physics department's involvement in astronomical research through a student-lead effort, as well as create a new instrument on campus. The goal was to construct a radio telescope from scratch, and conduct observations as a collaborative group. Now, with the donation of a fully operational radio telescope from MIT and Wellesley College, we have been given an opportunity to satisfy our goal. Over the next few months, the telescope will be refurbished, setup, and new observations will begin. Hopefully by the end of Spring semester we will be operational. Be sure to check back for updates on our status! Reading material: - Breakdown of basic radio astronomy - 1159 visitors since 02/16/2009 |