Description
Raw observations from a university radio telescope, recorded to tape and never fully analysed.
Provenance
Rescued from a skip outside a former office in Linridge Harbour. The tape was sticky with binder breakdown and was baked at low temperature before a single careful read. Every sector was recovered on the first or second read.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
ba3b301aef08981f29d23e80e1a19f0fa5f1d277705870767b297291490abb98- Last verified
- Sep 29, 2026, by Vigil
- Migrated to
- CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.
Reading-room copies are migrated to CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept. The recovered files are kept exactly as they were found.
Cite as: East Redby Radio Observatory, Radio telescope observations, East Redby, 1979–1985 (1979–1985). Lazarus Archive, LZ-06870.