Title :
ASTRON observatory report
Author_Institution :
ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
Abstract :
I will present the latest results associated with the major activities of ASTRON (the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy). These will include (i) the latest commissioning results from the International LOFAR Telescope, (ii) new results from APERTIF (the focal plane array system being developed for the WSRT) and (iii) the latest news regarding our participation in the Aperture Array Verification Programme (including recent results from the SKA pathfinder, EMBRACE). Key scientific results obtained by ASTRON staff will also be described, together with news on our technology valorization programme.
Keywords :
astronomical observatories; focal planes; radioastronomy; radiotelescopes; APERTIF; ASTRON observatory; Aperture Array Verification Programme; EMBRACE; International LOFAR Telescope; Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy; SKA pathfinder; WSRT; commissioning results; focal plane array system; Apertures; Arrays; Observatories; Radio astronomy; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5117-3
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6051239
