LOFAR is the largest connected radio telescope in the world. Designed and operated @ASTRON_NL.
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3 Feb 2025
🌍 Shape the Future as Policy Officer at LOFAR ERIC! 🌍
Are you passionate about shaping impactful policies and fostering international collaboration? We are looking for a dedicated Policy Officer. See werkenbijastron.nl/job-offer… for more info.
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9 Jan 2025
On arXiv: the deepest observation ever carried out by @LOFAR, by Shimwell
We used 505 h of data at 150 MHz on the ELAIS-N1 field and produced a 6" image (rms 10.7 muJy/b) and a catalog of 150k sources (see lofar-surveys.org/deepfields…). Stay tuned for more...
arxiv.org/abs/2501.04093
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🎆@ctao_universe is now officially an ERIC! Welcome to the ERIC family! With three astronomy #ERICs—CTAO, @LOFAR, and JIVE, we expand our ability to observe the Universe from both ends of the electromagnetic spectrum. x.com/ctao_universe/status/1… @EU_Commission @ERIC_forum
7 Jan 2025
Big news! The CTAO is now officially an ERIC! 🚀
The @EU_commission has established the CTAO as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, fast-tracking construction and bringing early science closer. 🌌✨
More: ctao.org/news/the-ctao-becom…
#CTAO #CTAOnewsflash #astrophysics
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29 Nov 2024
RadioNet newsletter 11/2024 issued. radionet-org.eu/radionet/?wy… @MPIfR_Bonn @jivevlbi @ESO @mpi_astro @CORDIS_EU @LOFAR @ASTRON_NL @jodrellbank @OnsalaRymd @eMERLINarray @almaobs @SKAO #radioastronomy @ORP_Astro #astronomy
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25 Sep 2024
LOFAR1 operations ceased as we enter the LOFAR2.0 upgrade phase! Read about what LOFAR1 achieved during its 12-year run and what exciting advancements await in radio astronomy! 🌌 astron.nl/lofar1-operations-…
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23 Sep 2024
Come join us at @ASTRON_NL as a Bell Burnell Fellow! We are searching for the next leaders in radio astronomy, whether that is scientific or technical (or both!). Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
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18 Sep 2024
Observations with @LOFAR : Second-Generation Starlink Satellites Leak 30 Times More Radio Interference, Threatening Astronomical Observations astron.nl/starlink-satellite… A&A tinyurl.com/ybkfdw58 @ASTRON_NL @jivevlbi @ORP_Astro @Starlink @MPIfR_Bonn #radioastronomy @aandaJournal
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18 Sep 2024
🌌 #SpaceX's 2nd gen Starlink satellites are leaking up to 32 times more unintended radio waves than the 1st gen, potentially blinding telescopes like LOFAR and jeopardizing our understanding of the Universe!
#Starlink #RadioInterference
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5 Sep 2024
I am incredibly lucky and privileged to announce that I have been awarded an @ERC_Research starting grant! I will be using it to discover the space weather of other worlds using telescopes such as @LOFAR and @SKAO at @ASTRON #ERCStG
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29 Aug 2024
RadioNet Newsletter 08/2024 issued. Read here: tinyurl.com/2cejt57a @MPIfR_Bonn @maxplanckpress @jivevlbi @SKAO @ehtelescope #radioastronomy #astronomy @almaobs @ESO @jodrellbank @LOFAR @ASTRON_NL @ORP_Astro #radioNet #iram @eMERLINarray @NOIRLabAstro #sky
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1 Aug 2024
Very active radio Sun 📡☀️Another Type II burst recorded this morning with @ASTRON_NL @LOFAR IDOLS. spaceweather.astron.nl/Solar…
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19 Jun 2024
Out today: Ultra-low frequency @LOFAR spectral indices of cluster radio halos led by @ThomasPasini94 w @roxycas @and_botteon @hen_edler et al. Main result: more massive clusters host flatter-spectrum halos
arxiv.org/abs/2406.12005
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14 Jun 2024
Fill in the EVN Users Survey by 15 July 2024: tinyurl.com/43cb7b2x It takes less than 10m minutes and your input is highly valuable @ORP_Astro @jivevlbi @ASTRON_NL @LOFAR @eMERLINarray @ESO @MPIfR_Bonn @OnsalaRymd #radiostronomy
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13 Jun 2024
And another paper of ours came out today: @LOFAR Deep Fields: Probing the sub-mJy regime of polarized extragalactic sources in ELAIS-N1. led by S. Piras with @aghatubrid and others. Deepest and highest-resolution polarization study at 150 MHz to date. arxiv.org/abs/2406.08346
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12 Jun 2024
Nice paper led by our student L. Gajovic on what happens if you observe galaxies at frequencies of 50 MHz @LOFAR . arxiv.org/abs/2406.06689 with @VolkerHeesen @fradega @hen_edler et al.
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10 Jun 2024
Opening ceremony for @LOFAR becoming a European Research Infrastructure consortium! Sadly we have a classic summer Dutch day, with the weather not being considerate to the milestone.
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4 Jun 2024
@ORP_Astro partner @LOFAR receives ERIC plate @ ERIC Plate Ceremony of conference “Research Infrastructures in a Changing Global, Environmental & Socio-economical Context” - organised in frame of Belgian Presidency of European Council tinyurl.com/mtc68wv3 @belspo @ERIC_forum
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6 May 2024
Using a new calibration technique, LOFAR can produce even sharper radio galaxy images than before.
6 May 2024
Radio astronomers bypass disturbing Earth's atmosphere with new calibration technique.
📖 Paper by Groeneveld et al. in @NatureAstronomy
👉 News: astronomie.nl/nieuws/en/radi…
📡 Image: LOFAR/Groeneveld et al.
cc: @LeidenScience @UniLeiden @astron_nl
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ALT Old versus new. Two black panels with orange spots. The left panel shows an image of a piece of sky observed with the hitherto best calibration technique. Right shows the same piece of sky with the new technique. In the right panel is more detail visible. And what were once large, blurry patches now appear as single points. (c) LOFAR/Groeneveld et al.
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