The Radio Brightness Distribution on the Sun at 21 cm from Combined Eclipse and Pencil?Beam Observations

Abstract

A study of the brightness distribution on the Sun at 21-cm wavelength on April 8, 1959, is described. High resolution observations were made of the partial eclipse on that day with a simple radiometer of high sensitivity. The brightness distribution of the uneclipsed Sun at the same wavelength was obtained using a cross-grating interferometer, which enabled the bright regions to be located accurately.