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ASTRON Pulsar Group meetings
© © Anne Archibald, Elizabeth Mahony 2014 Dutch pulsar astronomers meet each Monday at ASTRON in the "Fishbowl" (and some join via Skype) to discuss the latest in the world of neutron stars and fast...
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World Map of VLBI Telescopes
© JIVE The world map next to the JIVE correlator room, where most of the data processing happens for the European VLBI Network (EVN), is being renewed. The old world map has lost its original lustre,...
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Today's Colloquium: Probing the Galactic Magnetic Field using the Gum Nebula
© Cormac Purcell (Sydney Uni) The Gum Nebula is 36 degree wide shell-like emission nebula at a distance of only 450 pc. It has been hypothesised to be an old supernova remnant, fossil HII region,...
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APERTIF Beamforming
© ASTRON, 2014 - 2015 Continuing the '300 MHz of ... ' series (300MHz Fringe, 300MHz Pulsar Detection), we demonstrate that the ALPHA-3 hardware can simultaneously form 37 beams, each with a bandwidth...
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Apertif Correlator Progress
© DESP The correlator has been identified as a high-risk factor for Apertif, mainly because it is still in the implementation phase. Therefore, in order to comply with the principles of Science 2.0 (to...
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DSL2015 Science Workshop
© ASTRON The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are pursuing a joint scientific space mission, to be implemented by ESA and the Chinese National Space Science Centre...
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Mapping pulsar polarisation across 3 octaves in frequency
© AN Pulsars maintain charged-particle flows in their magnetospheres, which are topologically constrained by TeraGauss dipolar magnetic fields. This combination gives rise to narrow beams of coherent,...
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Today's colloquium: On the Propagation Effects in the Pulsar Magnetosphere
© V. Beskin, A. Philippov, M. Kramer, P. JaroenjittichaiEditor's note: Due to a technical problem with the submitted image we use this jolly snowman to draw your esteemed attention to today's...
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Assembly instructions for a LOFAR station
© Derek McKay-Bukowski Over the last few years, LOFAR stations have become a successful export product. More and more scientific institutes in more and more countries crave them, to partake in the...
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Jan Idserda 40 years at Astron
© Astron Today, we celebrated the 40th work anniversary of Jan Idserda at Astron. After his education at the Leidse Instrumentmakersschool (LIS), Jan joined Astron on 1-1-1975. He has been involved in...
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Winner - ASTRON-JIVE Daily Image 2014
© ASTRON At the end of 2014, it was decided that the high quality of submissions through the year to the ASTRON-JIVE Daily Image (AJDI) required some explicit recognition. We have therefore established...
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The 6th German LOFAR station now in production observing
© R. F. Pizzo On Dec 16th 2014, ASTRON and the lead scientists from Hamburg Observatory and the University of Bielefeld have signed the official handover of the 6th German LOFAR Station DE609, which is...
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Today's Colloquium: The Inner Workings of Mechanical AGN Feedback
© Alexander Wagner (University of Tsukuba) AGN feedback onto the interstellar medium has a strong impact on the evolution of the host galaxy. Winds and jets from the central supermassive black hole...
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LOFAR's record-sharp view of the starburst galaxy M 82
© E. Varenius/Onsala Space Observatory/LOFAR collaboration The International LOFAR Telescope (ILT) has taken a new image of the centre of the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M 82), at a distance of 3.5...
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UvA 2nd year research practicum - 2015 Edition
© ASTRON/JWTH For the last 9 years in a row (!!!), ASTRON has hosted four 2nd year undergraduate students from the University of Amsterdam. This year the students visited ASTRON from 12 - 15 January...
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The outer filament of Centaurus A as seen by MUSE
© Astron Some of you may recognise the beautiful radio image of Centaurs A (figure on the right, combination of image from Feain et al. for the outer regions and from Morganti et al. for the inner...
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New LOFAR PhD thesis: AGN relics in the radio sky
© Morganti We all know that LOFAR is not yet an easy instrument to use and obtaining science quality images is still a struggle. However, the potential of this telescope is now becoming reality thanks...
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Today's colloquium: Continuing the search for fast radio bursts
© Spitler et al. 2014 Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are a new class of short-duration radio pulses first discovered in 2007. Since then seven more FRBs have been detected from the Parkes Radio Telescope and...
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Klokhuis 2015
© JvL In spring 2015, Klokhuis will broadcast 4 episodes on astronomy. These will each consist of a mix of demonstrations, questions & explanations, and bits of drama. During two nights in...
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United we stand: get-together of LOFAR nearby AGN group
© ASTRON Between the 2nd and 4th February, the LOFAR nearby AGN group held its first face-to-face science meeting to discuss the progress made by its members. The group is part of the LOFAR Surveys Key...
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