On 3/15/11 9:36 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
If I were doing this in my backyard on a budget I'd mount a small
telescope nearly straight up so that a bright star would pass through
the field on several nights. I'd measure the light of the star
through a slit and time the peak of the light each night. I bet I
could get to about a microsecond. I'm wondering what professionals
are doing in this field.
I have references for VLBI, if you want. You probably cannot do optical
accurately enough because of "seeing" effects, at least.
What sort of accuracy can I get with:
1) small/medium telescope in suburban back yard
2) small/medium telescope out in the sticks
3) big telescope in a good location
It's sort of time nutty...
Couldn't you rig up a MLBI (medium, not very) setup between you and
someone else in your area..
Could one detect pulses (or a signal) from some quasar (or "infinite
distance" stellar source) with a reasonable small antenna.
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