Background Reading
Prior to your arrival at CASS for your Summer Vacation Scholarship you are encouraged
to familiarise yourself with some of the basics of radio astronomy. The following
references are useful.
Websites
- Basics of Radio Astronomy
is a introductory text that you can download as PDFs by chapter from the website.
It was written by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to support the Goldstone-Apple
Valley Radio Telescope educational initiative.
- MIT's Haystack Observatory has an online Radio
Astronomy Tutorial, developed as part of their Undergraduate Research
Educational Initiative. It has some sections that can be downloaded as PDFs.
Books
- An Introduction to Radio Astronomy (2nd Edition), Bernard F. Burke
and Francis Graham-Smith, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Other Resources
