Description
Raw observations from a university radio telescope, recorded to tape and never fully analysed.
Provenance
Brought to a Lazarus rescue day by a former owner. The tape had stretched near its start; the first blocks were repaired by hand from the sampled signal. Every sector was recovered on the first or second read.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
d65a9c3c5c3c10370d21e20ee6e7aec12fe3fcf43dad49c1a03bb022d82ad04d- Last verified
- Oct 3, 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: Birchwater Harbour Radio Observatory, Radio telescope observations, Birchwater Harbour, 2003–2010 (2003–2010). Lazarus Archive, LZ-12414.