Observatory on Astronomy & Astrophysics Group | University of Glasgow

Glasgow Callisto

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A CALLISTO spectrometer is installed at our Acre Rd Observatory and provides live observations of the Sun at radio frequencies between 45 and 870 MHz with 0.25 second cadence.

The live data (below) is updated every 15 minutes between 07:15 UT and 17:15 UT.

All times in the graphs are UT. Solar radio data (and all quick look images) from Glasgow CALLISTO spectrometer can be downloaded by either ftp, html. The data from e-Callisto network (including Glasgow) can accessed via the CALLISTO data browser.

History

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The Department of Astronomy was born in 1760 with the foundation of the Regius Chair of Astronomy. The history of the University’s Observatories is summarised below and the University Library holds a special collection of works on the history of astronomy and professors at Glasgow.

For more detailed information about the history of the observatories, and astronomy at Glasgow, see:

Glasgow and the Heavens, Vistas in Astronomy, 36, 389-407 (1993) by Professor Archie Roy.
Reflections on the Astronomy of Glasgow: A story of some 500 years, Edinburgh University Press (2013) by Dr David Clarke.

The first Observatory

The Macfarlane Observatory on the Dowhill (Roy 1993)

The Macfarlane Observatory, was situated in the former University grounds in the High Street adjoining the Physics Garden. Alexander Macfarlane, a merchant in Jamaica, had bequeathed his collection of astronomical instruments to the University. These were shipped to Glasgow and put into working order (image of the order here) by James Watt, then at the start of his career as instrument maker to the University.

Weather Station & Webcam

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Work in progress to bring back the live feedback from the observatory.