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General Introduction to Radio Astronomy

  • Millimeter Astronomy: An article written by NRAO staff member Jeff Mangum for The Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (3rd Edition, Volume 9: Pages 853-871).
  • Introduction to Radio Interferometry: A brief, concise, and highly entertaining video introduction to radio interferometry video
  • Jansky lectures: essential presentations on the status of astronomy subfields and current questions
  • ALMA Primer Series on YouTube: video series produced by the NAASC (effort led at NRC), providing a basic introduction to radio interferometry, calibration, imaging, and other topics
  • I-Train video series : in depth video tutorial produced by the EU-ARC, on various inteferometry techniques and ALMA topics