Description
Raw observations from a university radio telescope, recorded to tape and never fully analysed.
Provenance
Donated by the creator’s family in 2024. The drive spun up and was imaged behind a write blocker in a single pass. All files were recovered; 35 damaged sectors were rebuilt from redundant data.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
b554a803bfb65b63d99bf7018e3ea5cb604e561443058fdc2579645962c3025e- Last verified
- Oct 30, 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: Fernwick Radio Observatory, Radio telescope observations, Fernwick, 1999–2003 (1999–2003). Lazarus Archive, LZ-38106.