| Name: Kaustav Bhattacharjee |
| Affiliation: Raman Research Institute |
| Conference ID: ASI2026_928 |
| Title: Observations of the 21 cm HI Line from the Milky Way galaxy using a Pyramidal Horn Radio Telescope |
| Abstract Type: Poster |
| Abstract Category: Galaxies and Cosmology |
| Author(s) and Co-Author(s) with Affiliation: Kaustav Bhattacharjee(Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru - 560080, India), Himanshu Grover(Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee - 247667, India), P. Arumugam(Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee - 247667, India) |
| Abstract: We present the design, implementation, and operation of a pyramidal horn radio telescope built for detecting the Galactic 21 cm neutral hydrogen line emission. The system employs an Software Defined Radio-based pipeline to obtain drift-scan observations, which were calibrated and processed to generate HI line full-sky maps, a Galactic rotation curve upto 8 kpc, and spiral arm features. This demonstrates that this low-cost system is effective both for educational purposes and scientific exploration of Galactic structure at radio frequencies. |
