赤道式天文望远镜极轴调整分析及观测结果

天文望远镜的指向精度和跟踪精度是评判一架天文望远镜的重要指标。赤道式天文望远镜的指向精度和跟踪精度受到极轴位置准确性的影响。正确地安装好极轴位置显得非常重要。极轴校正是一项很重要的工作。介绍了用观测恒星的方法来校正极轴位置,分析了合理地选择目标恒星,得出结论:在调整极轴东西方向时选择子午圈上的恒星作为观测目标恒星,在调整极轴俯仰方向时选择90°时角圈上的恒星作为观测目标恒星。经过多次调整极轴东西方向和极轴俯仰方向并对两个方向交替进行调整,望远镜的极轴将处于相当准确的位置。     

18个电离氢区的2.5cm射电连续谱观测

十八个致密电离氢区的2.5cm连续谱观测在上海天文台佘山站25m望远镜上于1990年8月完成.望远镜指向精度为20〃,在该波段当仰角为77°时效率为68％,空间分辨率为4.′2.所用接收机中心频率为11.95GHz,带宽为500MHz,系统噪声温度平均为130K.经校准的噪声管用于定标,每次观测同时测量.观测采用等待式或位置调制,所有源在测量时仰角在28°以上,系统误差在10％以内.观测结果经大气吸收改正转换为流量密度.结合Parkes 64m望远镜在6cm的观测结果和气体星云中射电连续谱的一般规律,对结果作了初步分析.     

TM65 m射电望远镜副面位姿建模

大型射电望远镜在观测过程中,随着俯仰角度的变化,副面支撑、背架、主反射面等都有不同程度的变形,这将导致天线效率在高低俯仰角上明显下降,天马65 m射电望远镜副面系统的安装可以用来补偿副面支撑和主面的重力变形,在不同的俯仰角度上,副面位姿的调整可以提高天线的效率和指向性能.通过在X波段和Ku波段研究副面位姿变化对天线效率的影响,用射电法建立了随俯仰角度变化的副面位姿随动调整模型和指向补偿模型.此外还测试了副面随动与固定对天线效率的影响,结果表明副面随动模型可以有效改善65 m望远镜在高低俯仰角上的效率,使得在整个俯仰角范围内,X波段的接受效率均达到60%以上.     

德令哈13.7m望远镜重力变形研究

借助于数字摄影测量结果调整天线面板,使德令哈13.7 m望远镜在仰角52°时获得最佳反射面面形,从而使天线效率在观测仰角范围内得到整体优化.与之前基于经纬仪测量的面板调整结果相比,天线口径效率提高约1倍.依据不同俯仰姿态下的测量结果,得到了天线的重力变形模型,包括副面偏移和倾斜、主面焦距和面形偏差随仰角变化的规律.根据不同仰角的面形偏差测量数据反演反射面重力变形模型时,采用了数据拟合方法,这样可以减小测量误差对模型精度的影响.     

射电望远镜远场区域强干扰源规避方法研究

随着频率使用率的提高, 射电天文台址地面或空间存在强电磁干扰致使望远镜接收机系统处于非线性状态. 为减少强电磁干扰的影响、提高天文观测效率, 提出了一种基于望远镜远场区域的强干扰源规避方法. 首先, 通过仿真分析确定的射电望远镜远场方向图, 结合望远镜与干扰源之间的位置关系, 分析了强电磁干扰到达射电望远镜焦点处的功率响应, 并依据接收机第2阶中频放大器性能参数, 确定射电望远镜处于非饱和状态的规避角度计算方法. 其次, 采用该方法计算分析了民航飞机对射电望远镜的影响, 若民航飞机上有主动发射的干扰源, 且不经过反射等传播现象, 当射电望远镜主波束轴偏开一定方向后, 可有效降低对射电望远镜的干扰强度.     

探宝梅西叶（10）

爱好者观测： 这几个天体中,M97因为在绿光波段有非常强的辐射,所以其视星等（9．9）比照相星等（12．0）高许多,因而它的目视观测并不是非常困难。用10×50mm的双筒望远镜就能找到它,而用一个10cm左右口径的望远镜就能比较容易地看到它的圆面。但是若要看到那双猫头鹰的眼睛,就需要再大一点的望远镜了。     

BIT地面观测软件

本文介绍紫台30公分红外望远镜(BIT)地面观测所使用的软件系统。该软件是在BIT地面修复过程中以地面观测为使用目的而开发的。软件用于望远镜指向等系统参数显示和星场照相机控制显示,并预置了软件接口,可进一步实现对望远镜指向的计算机控制。软件已在BIT地面实验观测中使用,运行可靠,操作方便。     

追寻科德韦尔天体（6）

爱好者观测 这次介绍的天体总体比较暗弱。C26（NGC4244）需要口径1Ocm以上的望远镜才可以观测。C27（NGC6888）目视观测通常需要口径15cm以上望远镜配合特定的滤镜才能看到。C28（NGC752）非常明亮,用7X50cm的双简望远镜就能轻易找到它。C29（NGC5005）总体亮度不高,但是其核心比较明亮,因此使用口径6cm以上的望远镜就可以找到它。     

丽江高美古的二期选址--望远镜地面高度的确定

在丽江高美古前期选址工作的基础上[1～2],二期选址的望远镜地面高度的确定工作于2000年11月3日至2000年12月16日进行,采用30m铁塔的温度脉动测量装置,对6#选址观测点的近地面大气湍流进行反复多次测量,得到近地面不同高度(4～30m和8～22m)上每夜温度结构系数C2T的平均值,对观测取得的资料作进一步处理和分析,得到高美古6#观测点的望远镜地面高度为13～15m。     

伽马天文观测技术综述

伽马射线作为宇宙中极端事件的独特探针,探测伽马射线是人们了解宇宙构成、星体演化和宇宙线起源等的重要途经.伽马天文涉及了宇宙中的各种前沿科学问题并且观测所需能谱跨度极宽(102 keV–102 TeV),针对不同的科学目标和细分谱段,必须利用不同的伽马望远镜探测技术.总结了空间和地面的共5大类伽马射线观测技术,分别是编码孔径望远镜、康普顿望远镜、电子对望远镜、成像大气切伦科夫望远镜和广延大气簇射阵列;回顾了70 yr来在观测设备和技术进步的推动下伽马射线天文学领域的巨大进展,其中包含高能和甚高能谱段取得的大量成就,中低能段由于已有观测任务有限以及灵敏度低,超高能和极高能段由于观测难度大、起步时间晚,数据和成果相对其他谱段产出较少;展望了未来已经规划的伽马望远镜任务、能力及预期科学产出,其中,中低能段空间望远镜增强型ASTROGAM望远镜(e-ASTROGAM)、全天区中能伽马射线观测站(AMEGO)和甚高能段地面望远镜阵列高海拔宇宙线观测站(LHAASO)、切伦科夫望远镜阵列(CTA),由于灵敏度较同谱段已有任务灵敏度有大幅提升,极有可能在20 yr内从不同角度再度扩展人类对伽马宇宙的认知.     

Using large radio telescopes at decametre wavelengths

With the aim of evaluating the actual possibilities of doing, from the ground, sensitive radio astronomy at decametre wavelengths (particularly below ), an extensive program of radio observations was carried out, in 1999–2002, by using digital spectral and waveform analysers (DSP) of new generation, connected to several of the largest, decametre radio telescopes in the world (i.e., the UTR-2 and URANs arrays in Ukraine, and the Nançay Decametre Array in France).

We report and briefly discuss some new findings, dealing with decametre radiation from Jupiter and the Solar Corona: namely the discovery of new kinds of hyper fine structures in spectrograms of the active Sun, and a new characterisation of Jupiter's “millisecond” radiation, whose waveform samples, with time resolution down to 40 ns, and correlated measurements, by using far distant antennas (3000 km), have been obtained. In addition, scattering effects, caused by the terrestrial ionosphere and the interplanetary medium, could be disentangled through high time resolution and wide-band analyses of solar, planetary and strong galactic radio sources. Consequences for decametre wavelength imaging at high spatial resolution (VLBI) are outlined. Furthermore, in spite of the very unfavourable electromagnetic environment in this frequency range, a substantial increase in the quality of the observations was shown to be provided by using new generation spectrometers, based on sophisticated digital techniques. Indeed, the available, high dynamic range of such devices greatly decreases the effects of artificial and natural radio interference. We give several examples of successful signal detection in the case of much weaker radio sources than Solar System ones, down to the intensity level.

In summary, we conclude that searching for sensitivity improvement at the decametre wavelength is scientifically quite justified, and is now technically feasible, in particular by building giant, phased antenna arrays of much larger collecting area (as in the LOFAR project). In this task, one must be careful of some specifics of this wavelength range—somewhat unusual in “classical” radio astronomy—i.e., very high level and density of radio interference (telecommunications) and the variable terrestrial ionosphere.     

毫米波太阳射电的观测研究

综述了毫米波太阳射电的观测研究概况，着重介绍一些中，大型的毫米波太阳射电观测设备最新的观测结果。     

Statistics of neutron stars at the stage of a supersonic propeller

We analyze the statistical distribution of neutron stars at the stage of a supersonic propeller. An important point of our analysis is allowance for the evolution of the angle of inclination of the magnetic axis to the spin axis of the neutron star for the boundary of the transition to the supersonic propeller stage. We have determined the spin period distributions of pulsars at the propeller stage for two models: the model with hindered particle escape from the stellar surface and the model with free particle escape. As a result, we have shown that consistent allowance for the evolution of the inclination angle in the region of extinct radio pulsars for the two models leads to an increase in the total number of neutron stars at the supersonic propeller stage. This increase stems from the fact that when allowing for the evolution of the inclination angle χ for neutron stars in the region of extinct radio pulsars and, hence, for the boundary of the transition to the propeller stage, this transition is possible at shorter spin periods (P ～ 5–10 s) than assumed in the standard model.     

A survey of recombination line emission from the galactic plane at 325 MHz

A survey of the H 272 α recombination line at 325 MHz has been made towards 53 directions in the galactic plane using the Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT). 34 of these directions correspond to well-known Hn regions, 12 to SNRs and 6 to ‘blank’ areas selected so that the 5 GHz continuum is a minimum over the telescope beam of 2ℴ x 6 arcmin. Observing procedure and spectra of 47 sources towards which lines are detected are presented. Hydrogen recombination lines have been detected towards all the observed directions havingl <40ℴ. Carbon recombination lines are identified in 12 of the directions. The hydrogen line intensities are found to correlate well with the total continuum intensity (which includes the nonthermal galactic background) indicating that most of the lines arise due to stimulated emission by the background radiation. A preliminary discussion on the nature of the line-emitting regions is also presented.     

太阳射电分米波毫秒级尖峰辐射的寿命

太阳射电毫秒级尖峰辐射的寿命随频率增高而减小,长期以来这一直是个令人困惑的问题。本文从与Ⅲ型爆发相关的空心束分布的电子流所激发的回旋同步脉泽角度出发,详细讨论了尖峰辐射的寿命与特征频率比(ξ=ω_P/ω_B)以及波增长率的关系,最后得出:在分米波的不同波段,尖峰辐射是X模的不同次谐波,且寿命随频率增高发生相关的减小。     

The structure of the Cygnus loop at 34.5 MHz

We have observed the large supernova remnant Cygnus Loop at 34.5 MHz with the low frequency radio telescope at Gauribi-danur, India. A radio map of the region with a resolution of 26 arcmin × 40 arcmin (α × δ) is presented. The integrated flux density of the Cygnus Loop at this frequency is 1245 ± 195 Jy. The radio fluxes of different parts of the nebula at this frequency were also measured and used to construct their spectra. It is found that the spectrum of the region associated with the optical nebulosity NGC 6992/5 is not flat at low frequencies, and also exhibits a break at a frequency around 400 MHz. The spectrum of the region associated with NGC 6960 also shows a break but around 1000 MHz, while the spectrum of the region associated with NGC 6974 is straight in the entire frequency range 25 to 5000 MHz. The implication of these results on the basis of existing theories of the origin of radio emission from supernova remnants is discussed.     

太阳2cm射电爆发精细结构的形态分析

本文介绍了北京师范大学天文系,在2cm波段上观测到的太阳射电精细结构(FS).这些FS都是叠加在微波爆发上的.其中重点对1990年5月23日与AR6063活动区成协的一个47GB型微波大爆发上叠加的FS的形态特征进行了分析.计算了几个有关的参数,并对结果进行了简单的讨论.     

云南天文台太阳射电望远镜跟踪精度和定标精度

本文采用天线方向图半功率宽度和曲线偏离度两种方法,测得自动跟踪精度为8小时偏差不超过0.°01。同时改进了定标精度的计算公式,并从理论上寻找误差原理后,再计算自动定标系统的检验值,从而大大地提高了观测精度。