The UND Observatory's Small Radio Telescope (SRT) was used successfully for the first time during Summer 2008 in support of an introductory course in radio astronomy, SpSt 570. Students and faculty conducted both drift scan and continuous H I observations of the Sun at the L-band frequency of 1420.406 MHz. As seen in the graphs below, the drift scan plot shows a smooth increase in signal from the Sun as the Sun moves through the beam of the radio telescope. The continuous observations show more variation and indicate some gradual loss of tracking in the last hour or two of observations, but generally verify the operation of the SRT.

Future work will include improving the SRT tracking, collecting data in all of the SRT's observing modes, and attempting other educational projects, such as the mapping of H I in the Milky Way Galaxy and gathering data from other relatively strong radio sources in the sky, such as Cassiopeia A.