Radiotelescoop Westerbork, a small cluster
The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, WSRT for short, is a radio telescope consisting of fourteen separate parabolic antennas in the woods near Westerbork. The site where the antennas are located is next to the former 'Durgangslager' Westerbork. The WSRT was put into service in 1970. The telescopes are managed by the research institute ASTRON. Originally measured at a frequency of 1.4 GHz (or 21 cm), receivers at 0.6 GHz (50 cm) and 5 GHz (6 cm) were added within three years. In the 1990s, the telescope was greatly improved by applying the latest detection techniques: the multi-frequency front-ends (MFFEs), extended digital back-end (DZB), the pulsar machine (PuMa) and new software.
In 2018 Apertif bi (a phased array feed (PAF) upgrade of the WSRT which has transformed this telescope into a high-sensitivity, ide field-of-view L-band imaging and transient survey instrument. Using novel PAF technology, up to 40 partially overlapping beams can be formed on the sky simultaneously, significantly increasing the survey speed of the telescope).. ASTRON is the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy,. Their mission is to make discoveries in radio astronomy happen. They do this by developing new and innovative technologies, operating world-class radio astronomy facilities, and pursuing fundamental astronomical research.
Radiotelescoop Westerbork, a small cluster
The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, WSRT for short, is a radio telescope consisting of fourteen separate parabolic antennas in the woods near Westerbork. The site where the antennas are located is next to the former 'Durgangslager' Westerbork. The WSRT was put into service in 1970. The telescopes are managed by the research institute ASTRON. Originally measured at a frequency of 1.4 GHz (or 21 cm), receivers at 0.6 GHz (50 cm) and 5 GHz (6 cm) were added within three years. In the 1990s, the telescope was greatly improved by applying the latest detection techniques: the multi-frequency front-ends (MFFEs), extended digital back-end (DZB), the pulsar machine (PuMa) and new software.
In 2018 Apertif bi (a phased array feed (PAF) upgrade of the WSRT which has transformed this telescope into a high-sensitivity, ide field-of-view L-band imaging and transient survey instrument. Using novel PAF technology, up to 40 partially overlapping beams can be formed on the sky simultaneously, significantly increasing the survey speed of the telescope).. ASTRON is the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy,. Their mission is to make discoveries in radio astronomy happen. They do this by developing new and innovative technologies, operating world-class radio astronomy facilities, and pursuing fundamental astronomical research.