The LOFAR core from above

© Oeds van der Wal

This photo shows the LOFAR core in an unusual perspective. It is a 360 photo taken from a drone, taken by Oeds van der Wal and published on google maps in 2022. By reprojecting it to polar coordinates we can see the whole surrounding area of the superterp, which contains the many LOFAR stations in the core.

The core stations visible on the photo starting from North, are CS028, CS101, CS026, CS017 (East), CS201, CS011, CS024, CS301 (South), CS001, CS032, CS401, CS031 (West), CS021, CS013, CS030, CS501. Can you spot them all?