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7991 PD Dwingeloo
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.

 

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What is LOFAR!

 

News

The last thing(s) lucky low frequency photons see

A recent virtual tour around the developing LOFAR array revealed that the Google Maps team has been busy. ... Read more
25/04/2011 - 23:00
 

CEP 2.0 cluster operational

Today, the LOFAR central processing team proudly announces that the LOFAR phase II cluster is operational.

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20/04/2011 - 12:47
 

Cygnus A at 239 MHz with LOFAR

Part of the ongoing commissioning effort for LOFAR is determining good models for the bright A-team sources that dominate the radio sky at low-frequencies. ... Read more
18/03/2011 - 00:00
 

Receding horizons behind LOFAR station FR606

The photograph shows that LOFAR is not the first and only radiotelescope in Nançay, but each instrument operates in a different frequency range and has its unique capabilites. ... Read more
21/02/2011 - 00:00
 

LOFAR Pulsar Data Joins Archive Flow to Grid

To take some of the the pressure on the central storage, observation data is regularly transferred to the Petabyte BiG Grid storage at SARA since January 2011. ... Read more
18/02/2011 - 00:00
 
 

Events

Upcoming Events

 September 14/15, 2011
 LOFAR workshop in Dalfsen, The Netherlands
 

Regular meetings

Bi-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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