The soon to be named radio dish in Cork will be detecting radio waves at 1.4 gigahertz, and rather than just listen to static from the Universe we will be able to see a visual display. Students from CIT Multimedia and the CIT College of Music will be working with the electrical signals from the big dish and turning them into real-time data. Read more
The revival of the 32-metre dish at Elfordstown Earthstation is part of a new partnership between National Space Centre (NSC) and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). The project was announced this week by Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, and will see the project being headed up by CIT under Dr Niall Smith, Head of Research. It will run in conjunction with CIT Department of Applied Physics and Instrumentation and Blackrock Castle Observatory. Read more
It sounds like a tall tale thought up by a seven-year old Mr Gadget fanatic, but it's true: the good folk in Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) have commissioned a large 32 metre transmitter just north of Midleton, Co. Cork for radio astronomy. Read more
Cork students to ride the waves of cosmic storms with launch of giant satellite dish
A giant 32-metre satellite dish is starting a new life as a deep space radio telescope at the National Space Centre in Cork this evening. The dish, which will become the largest radio dish available for educational purposes in Europe, will detect audio and visual signals from space, such as exploding stars and storms on Jupiter. Read more