A brief look at how radio telescopes work, the radio telescopes that NANOGrav uses (the Arecibo Observatory and the Green Bank Telescope), and some the methods and challenges involved with observing pulsar signals.
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NANOGrav webpage: http://www.nanograv.org
The telescope websites
NAIC (Arecibo): http://www.naic.edu/
NRAO (Green Bank Telescope): http://science.nrao.edu/facilities/gbt/
Get involved with your home computer
Einstein@Home: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/
Other outreach/student programs
Arecibo Remote Command Center (ARCC): http://arcc.phys.utb.edu
Pulsar Search Collaboratory: http://www.pulsarsearchcollaboratory.com
