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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Dwingeloo telescope 70 years
© Nationaal Archief / Tammo Jan Dijkema
The button that played a central role in the opening ceremony recently returned to the telescope, when a former ASTRON employee brought it back. He had taken it home in the 1990s, when it would otherwise have been discarded during a round of cleaning. The button is now kept in the ‘museum’ of CAMRAS, together with other historical artefacts.
The button bears the name of HEMAF (“Hengelosche Electrische en Mechanische Apparaten Fabriek”), a company from Hengelo that supplied a large part of the electrical installation of the Dwingeloo telescope.
CAMRAS celebrated the 70th anniversary of the telescope and the 75th anniversary of the first detection of the hydrogen line with a seminar on amateur observing of the 21 cm line.
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