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VLBI fringes with MeerKAT
© SARAO/JIVE In February 2018, the recently inaugurated MeerKAT array co-observed with one of the European VLBI Network's (EVN) Network Monitoring Experiments (NME) 'N18L1'. Beamformer spectra and...
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LOFAR Interferometric Observation of a group of Type III Solar Radio Bursts.
© ASTRON Using the interferometric and beam formed capabilities of LOFAR, we analysed the propagation of a group of Type III radio bursts observed on 30 March 2018, in the height range from ~1.5 Rsun...
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The duty cycle of the radio galaxy B2 0258+35
© ASTRON Radio loud Active Galactic Nuclei are episodic in nature, cycling through periods of activity and quiescence. Sometimes we are lucky enough to observe the remnant plasma of a previous phase of...
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Dwingeloo has fringes (again) !
© Paul Boven (JIVE/CAMRAS) On Wednesday the 29th of August 2018, the Dwingeloo radio telescope took part in a test VLBI observation and we managed to obtain fringes to Westerbork and Jodrell Bank right...
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ASTRON/JIVE Traineeship in Science Operations with Massive Arrays
© ASTRON/JIVE The first cohort of the ASTRON/JIVE traineeship programme in science operations with massive arrays was successfully completed by two participants, Emmanuel and Bernard from Ghana. The...
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Phase screen on long baselines of LOFAR
© Neal Jackson/Long Baseline Working Group Each frame of this movie shows the derived phase correction (left) of a number of different sources in the Long-Baseline Working Group test field, on the...
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YERAC 2018!
© JIVE This year's conference covers giant radio pulses, double neutron star systems and solar corona, with a lot more in between! Each participant has 17 minutes to showcase some of the exciting...
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Colloquium - The nexus of Australian marsupials and broadband radio polarimetry
© Quokka image modified based on picture credited to cutestuff.co by buzzfeed and including map of the Galactic Rotation Measure foreground (Oppermann et al 2015, A&A 575, 118); all others G....
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LOFAR from a hot air balloon
© ASTRON Last week, one of our LOFAR neighbours enjoyed a hot air balloon flight over the province of Drenthe. It gave magnificent views on his own croplands but as the wind took them further north,...
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Integrated Photonics for Radio Telescopes
© Photos: ASTRON, Youtube movie: TU Eindhoven In the SKA/LFAA telescope the signals that are received by its antennas are transferred directly to a central signal processor without any intermediate...
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Open Dag / Open Day
© ASTRON Kom op zaterdag 6 oktober tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap naar de open dag van ASTRON en JIVE en leer alles over de grootste (radio)telescopen ter wereld! Hoe ontvangen we signalen uit...
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thermal Graduate
© G. Schoonderbeek End of June our Mechanical Engineering Graduate - Jesper Spraakman held his final project presentation at ASTRON about generic cooling solution for the Gemini LRU board. Thanks to...
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Westerbork Radio Telescope's major upgrade enlarges field of view 37 times
© ASTRON With an innovative new type of receiver, called Apertif, the field of view of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the Netherlands has been increased 37 times. Apertif, developed by the...
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The Oort-Cloud fountain, Franeker
© Roy de Goei / 11fountains.nl This year Leeuwarden-Fryslan 2018 is the Cultural Capital of Europe. One of the major project is the 11 fountains in the eleven Frisian cities, designed by eleven artists...
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LOFAR MSSS reveals low-frequency spectra of nearby galaxies
© Krzysztof T. Chyzy et al. LOFAR's Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS) has resulted in extensive studies of a large sample of nearby star-forming galaxies. Using the measured 150-MHz flux...
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5th LOFAR Data School
© Vanessa Moss This week ASTRON will host the 5th LOFAR data school. 51 participants from 14 countries will be introduced to the LOFAR system. The participants will follow lectures and tutorials that...
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Microserver Datacenter delivered at EnTranCe
© ASTRON On 30 August we successfully delivered, installed and tested our Microserver Datacenter at the EnTranCe center of the Hanzehogeschool in Groningen. EnTranCe will perform energy efficiency...
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New activity at ASTRON funded by ESA
© Frank Nuijens September 3rd marked the start-up of a new activity at ASTRON, the project: ''Utilisation of LOFAR in SSA SWE Services'' funded by ESA and will run for 12 months. The aim of this...
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Looking at FRB 121102 at very high energy and optical wavelengths
© Benito Marcote & MAGIC Collaboration FRB 121102 is the only known repeating Fast Radio Burst (FRB), and the only FRB that has been localized to sub-arcsecond resolution. The nature of this source...
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50 years Westerbork Radio Observatory. A continuing Journey to Discoveries...
© ASTRON Last week the formal start of 12 Westerbork dishes in the widefield era started with the "Apertif" festivities in Westerbork. This occasion also marked the end of the use of all Westerbork...
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