Radio Astronomy

Radio Astronomy is a New Jersey historical marker in Monmouth County, dedicated 1972.

Marker is on Crawford Corners Road near Seven Oaks Drive, on the right when traveling east.

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Near this site in 1932, Bell Labs. scientist Karl Jansky first discovered radio waves coming from outer space, thus beginning the science of radio astronomy.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1881 · Guide Map To Summer Resorts Around New York (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1918 · Sandy Hook, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · New York-Philadelphia District. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Radio Astronomy

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