Description
Raw observations from a university radio telescope, recorded to tape and never fully analysed.
Provenance
Donated by the creator’s family in 2019. Read once, slowly, on a restored drive. A second pass was not attempted. Independent reads agree bit for bit.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
fd6635e77c14198b02c15b6225374d2eebc721e4823fddd9fb75970605b4de1f- 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: Blackfield Bay Radio Observatory, Radio telescope observations, Blackfield Bay, 2001–2004 (2001–2004). Lazarus Archive, LZ-26559.