PrimaLuce Spider 230C

Project Leader: Frank Zimmer

Coordinator: Sarah Rostalski

Specifications of the Spider 230C Radiotelescope according to Prima Luce

• Antenna diameter (m): 2.3
• Antenna type: Prime focus
• Working frequency: 1420 MHz
• Bandwidth: 50 MHz
• Feed: H-FEED, optimized for 1420 MHz
• LNA: 2 high gain and stability 1420 MHz LNA units
• Polarization: circular, left and right hand
• Receiver: H142-One for 1420 MHz radio astronomy
• Spectrometer: 1024 channels
• Radiometer: 50 MHz instantaneous bandwidth
• A/D converter: 14 bits
• Control software: RadioUniversePRO
• Weatherproof: No

“Roll-Off Observatory” or “Wooden Shelter” or “GFK Radom”

Possible location in Kamp-Lintfort (size ca. 7,5m x 7,6m)

Digital model of a wooden shelter by Nicolas Fischöder