ASYA RADIO ASTRONOMY STATION · ISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE

Listening to the radio sky
with a small observatory.

A public archive of real measured data: neutral-hydrogen spectra, repeat observations, calibration history, waterfalls, animations, reports and ongoing experiments.

1420.4058MHz H I rest frequency
1.2 moffset dish
LSRKvelocity-referenced analysis
Real datano synthetic signal structure
NEW · DATA SONIFICATION Listen to the Milky Way

Follow a real 21-cm H I waterfall with synchronized, data-driven sound.

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CURRENT OBSERVATION

Waiting for H I telemetry…

OFFLINE
Pointing
RA / Dec (ICRS/J2000)
Galactic coordinates
Updated

Beam-centre coordinates are calculated from the Az/El values entered in the H I program. The dish has no mechanical encoder feedback.

PUBLIC OBSERVING NOTEBOOK

Results, experiments and candidates stay separate.

ARAS keeps reproducible Galactic H I observations, experimental datasets and ongoing extragalactic searches visibly distinct. Calibration faults, null results and revised analyses remain part of the record rather than being hidden.

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OBSERVATIONS

Observation library

METHODOLOGY

From RF to scientific product

01

Acquire

Timestamped HDF5 spectra remain the primary observational source.

02

Flag

Warm-up intervals, hardware failures, RFI and bad channels are explicitly marked or excluded.

03

Calibrate

ON/OFF work is performed in linear power with pre/post or time-dependent reference regions.

04

Reference velocity

Spectra are placed on a common LSRK velocity frame before scientific comparison or stacking.

05

Repeat & challenge

Independent nights, jackknifes, broad-line tests and null-transit controls are used before stronger claims.

06

Publish transparently

Spectra, waterfalls, reports, animations and limitations are kept together for inspection.

INSTRUMENT

Current H I system

Antenna120 cm offset dish

Fixed-pointing drift scans and repeated target crossings.

Front endSAWbird H1

Externally powered 1420 MHz LNA/filter front end.

ReceiverSDRplay RSPdx-R2

Timestamped spectral acquisition into the ARAS workflow.

SiteKadıköy · İstanbul

Approx. 40.988° N, 29.028° E.

ARCHIVE POLICY

What a status label means

Reproduced

Independent recordings support the same astronomical structure or profile.

Observed

A real observational dataset or experiment exists, but the label does not automatically imply a source-detection claim.

Ongoing

A target is still being stacked, repeated or challenged with null/control tests.

SONIFICATIONS

Listen to the Milky Way

Data-driven auditory interpretations of measured ARAS radio-astronomy observations.

Northern H I Drift Scan — Az 0° / El 72°

12–13 Aug 2026 · 21-cm neutral hydrogen · fixed-pointing drift observation · Istanbul

The moving scan line follows observation time across the measured H I waterfall. The audio carrier is an artistic sound texture whose loudness is driven by the measured H I intensity in the corresponding time slice: brighter H I structure produces a stronger sound.

Night structure l 91.85° → 100.17° b +15.52° → +4.81°
Morning structure l 144.57° → 156.83° b +3.90° → +22.65°
Galactic-plane crossing 1 l 107.025° · b −0.013° RA 22h43m28s · Dec +58°50′55″
Galactic-plane crossing 2 l 138.681° · b −0.057° RA 02h58m10s · Dec +58°53′03″
Scientific note. This is a sonification of measured ARAS data, not the physical sound of hydrogen. No synthetic astronomical H I structure was added. A known persistent fixed-frequency artefact was masked during analysis; masked spectral data were not interpolated.
Türkçe açıklama

Bu video, 12–13 Ağustos 2026 Az 0° / El 72° sabit-bakış 21-cm H I drift gözleminin gerçek waterfall verisini kullanır. Tarama çizgisi gözlem zamanını takip eder. Sesin taşıyıcısı sanatsal bir ses dokusudur; ses yüksekliği aynı zaman dilimindeki ölçülmüş H I yoğunluğuna bağlıdır. Sarı/parlak H I yapısı güçlendikçe ses de güçlenir. Bu ses hidrojenin fiziksel sesi değildir.

Cygnus–Vulpecula to Galactic Anticentre — H I Velocity Evolution

13–14 Aug 2026 · Az 110° / El 70° · real 21-cm drift data

The scan line follows the measured full-drift waterfall. Brighter measured H I residuals produce louder audio. The two main complexes span the Cygnus–Vulpecula sector and the Galactic anticentre / Auriga–Taurus sector.

Plane crossing 1RA 20h05m30s · Dec +31°47′42″l 69.231° · b +0.001°
Plane crossing 2RA 05h36m25s · Dec +31°51′26″l 176.471° · b −0.136°
Scientific note. This is a sonification of measured ARAS data, not the physical sound of hydrogen. No synthetic astronomical H I structure was added.
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