Design, environmental and sustainability constraints of new African observatories: The example of the Mozambique Radio Astronomy Observatory

Domingos Barbosa; Miguel Bergano; Valério A.R.M. Ribeiro; Anita Loots; Venkatasubramani L. Thondikulam; Michael Gaylard; Arnold Van Ardenne; Claudio Paulo; Sergio Colafrancesco; José Carlos Amador; Rodrigo Maia; Rui Melo

doi:10.1109/AFRCON.2013.6757829

Design, environmental and sustainability constraints of new African observatories: The example of the Mozambique Radio Astronomy Observatory

Domingos Barbosa, Miguel Bergano, Valério A.R.M. Ribeiro, Anita Loots, Venkatasubramani L. Thondikulam, Michael Gaylard, Arnold Van Ardenne, Claudio Paulo, Sergio Colafrancesco, José Carlos Amador, Rodrigo Maia, Rui Melo

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Abstract

The Mozambique Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) will be a first milestone towards development of radioastronomy in Mozambique. Development of MRAO will constitute a preparation step towards participation in the upcoming Africa VLBI Network and the Square Kilometer Array project. The MRAO first antenna is planned to serve as a capacitation and training facility and will be installed after the conversion of a 7-meter telecom dish in South Africa. Therefore, this first radiotelescope design has to comply with local spectral and environmental constraints. Furthermore, power availability and long term sustainability with potential inclusion of solar power and control of Radio Frequency Interference are analyzed. Here we outline some of the design, environmental and power sustainability constraints.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE AFRICON 2013
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)	9781467359405
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AFRCON.2013.6757829
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 2013
Event	IEEE AFRICON 2013 - Pointe-Aux-Piments, Mauritius Duration: Sep 9 2013 → Sep 12 2013

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Other	IEEE AFRICON 2013
Country	Mauritius
City	Pointe-Aux-Piments
Period	9/9/13 → 9/12/13

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Barbosa, D., Bergano, M., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Loots, A., Thondikulam, V. L., Gaylard, M., Van Ardenne, A., Paulo, C., Colafrancesco, S., Amador, J. C., Maia, R., & Melo, R. (2013). Design, environmental and sustainability constraints of new African observatories: The example of the Mozambique Radio Astronomy Observatory. In IEEE AFRICON 2013 [6757829] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/AFRCON.2013.6757829

Barbosa, Domingos ; Bergano, Miguel ; Ribeiro, Valério A.R.M. ; Loots, Anita ; Thondikulam, Venkatasubramani L. ; Gaylard, Michael ; Van Ardenne, Arnold ; Paulo, Claudio ; Colafrancesco, Sergio ; Amador, José Carlos ; Maia, Rodrigo ; Melo, Rui. / Design, environmental and sustainability constraints of new African observatories : The example of the Mozambique Radio Astronomy Observatory. IEEE AFRICON 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2013.

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