The Apertif/ARTS surveys will wrap-up at the end of 2021. The WSRT observatory will of course continue to be operated, amongst other activities, as part of the European VLBI network.
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One of the most massive galaxies at the centre of the Abell 1775 cluster has a 2.5 million light-year long tail – twice as long as previously thought – that appears to be “wagging”.
The newly born SKA Observatory (SKAO) has unveiled its brand following approval by the SKAO Council at its second meeting.
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Our King Willem-Alexander opens largest solar park
© Astron; Solarfields (Photo)
What was special for Astron and myself was that I was invited to speak with the King. I took the opportunity to mention Astron and LOFAR, and explained some details about Faraday cages and blocking EMI from the electrical inverters of solar panels.
In August 2019 I gave a presentation to solar plant builders, about how to block unwanted EMI generated by solar inverters. This was successfully implemented by Solarfields and the German company IBVogt. They passed the EMC lab and field test with a large margin w.r.t. the covenant limit.
Between 600 and 700 large (185 kW) inverters had to be modified. We can be proud that not only wind turbines (project DMO) but also large solar parks can become virtually invisible in LOFAR's astronomical observations.
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