Description
Raw observations from a university radio telescope, recorded to tape and never fully analysed.
Provenance
Bought as part of a box of disks at an estate sale and donated anonymously. The label reads ‘Good copy’. Every sector was recovered on the first or second read.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
126d05a7ac19915341078070647d50a7dddec82e74ea62b47052fd92dd60df32- Last verified
- Oct 2, 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.
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: Port Hartton Radio Observatory, Radio telescope observations, Port Hartton, 1987–1998 (1987–1998). Lazarus Archive, LZ-27506.