Observations of the 21 cm HI Line from the Milky Way galaxy using Pyramidal Horn Radio Telescope

arXiv:2512.19262 · astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2025-12-22 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2025-12-22

Updated: 2025-12-22

Journal ref: J Astrophys Astron 47, 75 (2026)

DOI: 10.1007/s12036-026-10198-5

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The gist: We present the design, implementation, and operation of a pyramidal horn radio telescope built for detecting the Galactic 21 cm neutral hydrogen line emission.

Abstract

We present the design, implementation, and operation of a pyramidal horn radio telescope built for detecting the Galactic 21 cm neutral hydrogen line emission. The system employs an SDR-based pipeline to obtain drift-scan observations, which were calibrated and processed to generate HI sky maps, a Galactic rotation curve and spiral arm features. This demonstrates that this low-cost system is effective both for educational purposes and scientific exploration of Galactic structure at radio frequencies.

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