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Initiator: ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy

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This project was co-financed by the EU, the European Fund for Regional Development and the Northern Netherlands Provinces (SNN), and EZ/KOMPAS.

Images 2009

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The first LOFAR station - CS302 - April 2009

HBA & LBA on CS302 photographed by Henri Meulman  Copyright: Aerophoto Eelde
   © Topfoto Assen
 ©Topfoto Assen
 

Effelsberg - First complete international LOFAR station- July 2009

Copyright: Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy (Bonn) 

LOFAR from the air - August 2009 Foto's: © Topfoto Assen


 

 

Aerial photos of the central LOFAR area, taken on 23 August 2009. Foto's: © AEROPHOTO EELDE
 

 

ASTRON initiated LOFAR 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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