ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy has designed and built the Low Frequency Array: LOFAR. This telescope opens up a new window on the Universe by observing at very low radio frequencies (10-240 MHz). It is an important scientific and technological pathfinder for the next generation of radio telescopes, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a global project in which ASTRON is one of the leading partners. LOFAR was developed by a consortium of knowledge institutes, universities and industrial parties, led by ASTRON. The heart of LOFAR lies in the northeast of the Netherlands and spreads over the north of the Netherlands and other European countries.

Information for astronomers.