From today (August 11th) up until Friday the yearly Perseids meteor shower will have its peak. This phenomenon is not only interesting for amateur astronomers, professional astronomers will be observing them as well.
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In Humans of ASTRON we share stories about the people at ASTRON. Who are the people behind the discoveries and innovations and also, who are the people that make sure that everything runs smoothly? In this second part of the series, we’ll be sharing the story of Jorrit Siebenga, who joined ASTRON in 2017 as research instrument maker.
Throughout the history of astronomy, women have played essential roles towards astronomical breakthroughs. In this article we highlight but a few of these women identified in history from 1600 to the modern era.
In Humans of ASTRON we share stories about the people at ASTRON. Who are the people behind the discoveries and innovations and also, who are the people that make sure that everything runs smoothly? In this second part of the series, we’ll be sharing the story of Emanuela Orrù, support scientist at ASTRON since 2012.
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All Dutch LOFAR LBA dipoles 2025
© CC-BY-SA 4.0 Tammo Jan Dijkema
This image is available at this 5-8cm per pixel resolution - 60x60 pixels per dipole - for every year starting 2021. The version from 2026 will be online very soon.
It is a fun exercise to find all fallen dipoles. Our maintenance crew regularly fixes this. Also, can you spot the one Nenufar dipole?
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