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ASTRON is responsible for the operations of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) and the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR).

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STORIES
People of ASTRON
Published by the editorial team, 19 January 2021
People of ASTRON: Pieter Benthem

In People of ASTRON we share stories about the people at ASTRON. Project manager Pienter Benthem has been working at ASTRON since 2008.

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AstronomyLOFARNewsWSRT-APERTIF
Published by the editorial team, 12 January 2021
ASTRON reveals life cycle of supermassive black hole

For the first time LOFAR and WSRT-Apertif have been used together to measure the life cycle of supermassive black holes emitting radio waves.

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People of ASTRON
Published by the editorial team, 15 December 2020
Humans of ASTRON: Carin Lubbers-Leering

In Humans of ASTRON we share stories about the people at ASTRON. Carin Lubbers-Leering is HR assistant at ASTRON and has been working with us since 2000.

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People of ASTRON
Published by the editorial team, 1 December 2020
Humans of ASTRON: Lesley Goudbeek

In Humans of ASTRON we share stories about the people at ASTRON. Lesley Goudbeek has been design engineer at ASTRON since 2013.

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Humans of ASTRON: Harish Vedantham
Published by the editorial team, 17 November 2020
Cosmic flashes come in all different sizes
Published by the editorial team, 16 November 2020
Data release from the first year of the Apertif imaging surveys
Published by the editorial team, 11 November 2020
First direct detection of a brown dwarf with a radio telescope
Published by the editorial team, 9 November 2020
Humans of ASTRON: David Prinsloo
Published by the editorial team, 20 October 2020
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DAILY IMAGE
Colloquium: The astrophysics of black hole jets

© Monika Moscibrodzka (Radboud University)

The Event Horizon Telescope is a global effort to construct an Earth-sized virtual radio telescope array, with the goal to make pictures and movies of two nearby supermassive black holes.

A detailed theoretical understanding of black hole accretion is now crucial to interpret these observations. I will review our past and present efforts to model the jet launching region using first-principles numerical models of black hole magnetospheres.

These models are capable of capturing the complex dynamics of magnetic fields and their interactions with the plasma and radiation field. Understanding these processes is key for the precise determination of the black hole spins or testing the theory of gravity near EHT main targets.

EVENTS

Applied RF technology course

Mon 17 May 2021 - Thu 20 May 2021

The RF course is an excellent introduction for Digital / Analog engineers who are or will be involved in the development of RF systems.

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Latest tweets

ASTRON@ASTRON_NL·
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How does a radio wave become a picture? Part II: Compact receivers. A radio wave that has travelled light years is picked up by a receiver on a telescope through an antenna. The (very weak) signal is then amplified and digitized. Read part 2 here: http://bit.ly/3aznntV

ASTRON@ASTRON_NL·
19 Jan 1351484615178018823

How does a radio wave become a picture? Planets, stars and nebula’s all emit radio waves, which are a form of invisible light waves. Read here the first part on what happens to those radio waves when they are received by a radio telescope! 📡🌠http://bit.ly/2YFDuQM

Low Frequency Array@LOFAR·
19 Jan 1351479360243589120

What's it like to work at ASTRON?
Project manager @PieterBenthem tells about his job, among which his work on the AAVS1 for the @SKA_telescope, of which LOFAR is a pathfinder project.
https://bit.ly/3bMKIv8

ASTRON@ASTRON_NL·
19 Jan 1351479158631706625

What's it like to work at ASTRON?
Project manager @PieterBenthem tells about his job, among which his work on the AAVS1 for the @SKA_telescope.
https://bit.ly/3bMKIv8

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