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The Netherlands
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Initiatiefnemer: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON)

 

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Dit project wordt medegefinancierd door de Europese Gemeenschap, Europees Fonds voor Regionale Ontwikkeling en het Samenwerkingsverband Noord Nederland, EZ/KOMPAS.

LOFAR

LOFAR started as a new and innovative effort to force a breakthrough in sensitivity for astronomical observations at radio-frequencies below 250 MHz.

The LOw Frequency ARray is a multi-purpose sensor array. Its main application is astronomy at low frequencies (10-250 MHz) but also has geophysical and agricultural applications. Its heart is currently being assembled in the Northeast of the Netherlands and spreads over the whole country and over whole Europe.

News

LOFAR covered by snow

A layer of approximately 25 cm snow covers the LOFAR landscape. ... Read more
01/13/2010 - 23:47
 

First light for the international station in Potsdam

On December 10, 2009, the remote LOFAR station in Potsdam-Bornim (Germany) has seen first light. ... Read more
12/13/2009 - 14:00
 

International LOFAR station Tautenburg complete

On Wednesday, 21 October 2009, around noon the last one of 96 HBA tiles was installed at the LOFAR station Tautenburg. This completed the second full international station and the first one with a regular HBA pattern. ... Read more
11/04/2009 - 12:08
 

LOFAR observes across borders

An international group of astronomers have succeeded in the first joint observations between the LOFAR stations in Exloo (The Netherlands) and Effelsberg (Germany). ... Read more
09/23/2009 - 14:48
 

Seismic Interferometry works!

As part of the geophysics application of the LOFAR project a three-dimensional seismic array consisting of 126 sensors has been constructed over the Annerveen gas-field. ... Read more
09/16/2009 - 13:46
 
 

Events

Upcoming Events

 March 8-12, 2010

 Survey KSP in the Lorentz centre, Leiden (NL)
June 2010  SKA Forum, NL
June 12, 2010
LOFAR opening ceremony
October 4-6, 2010 
Kickoff workshop: The new Research Unit on magnetic fields and LOFAR at the monastry of Irsee (D)
 

Regular meetings

Weekly: LOFAR status meeting Wednesday's 11.00-12.30 - streamed

 
LOFAR started as a new and innovative effort to force a breakthrough in sensitivity for astronomical observations at radio-frequencies below 250 MHz. 
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