ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy's LOw Frequency ARray is a multi-purpose sensor array. Its main application is astronomy at low frequencies (10-250 MHz).
http://www.lofar.org/
ASTRON NL says: "LOFAR is a powerful next-generation radio telescope for frequencies below 240 MHz that offers revolutionary new observing capabilities thanks to its phased-array technology with digital beam-forming. LOFAR Version 1 already allows novel and cutting-edge science projects, while considerable development is ongoing to reach the full potential of the International LOFAR Telescope (ILT)."
LOFAR is a radio interferometric array consisting of many low-cost antennae of two distinct types:
- the Low Band Antennae (LBA) operating between 10 and 90 MHz and
- the High Band Antennae (HBA) operating between 110 and 250 MHz.
The stations are distributed over an area of about 100 km in diameter in the north of the Netherlands plus locations in Germany (5), Sweden (1) , the UK (1), France (1) for a longest baseline of 1500 km.
A Wide Area Network (WAN) connects the stations with the Central Processing facility (CEP), an IBM BlueGene/P super computer in Groningen.
Also notable is LOFAR's contribution testing pathfinder software systems for SKA.
Links:
LOFAR - http://www.lofar.org
LOFAR Germany - http://www.lofar.de
LOFAR UK - http://www.lofar-uk.org - Tour: http://youtu.be/rTIdd13kyoA
LOFAR Sweden - http://www.lofar-se.org
LOFAR France - http://www.obs-nancay.fr/lofar
LOFAR Finland - http://www.sgo.fi/KAIRA
LOFAR Ireland - http://www.lofar.ie
LOFAR Google map
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