LOFAR is the world’s largest radio telescope. It is an international collaboration with stations in four other European countries and a pathfinder for the Square Kilometre Array. LOFAR is also a sensor network with applications in the areas of geophysics, precision agriculture and ICT.
Said the official invitation I got from the General Director of ASTRON [...]
Category Archives: Astronomy
Jul
11
2010
Inauguration of LOFAR by Queen Beatrix
May
06
2010
She Is An Astronomer: the conference in London
As a ‘woman in astronomy’ I’ve been moderating the SIAA forum for a while, together with my colleagues Alice and Paula and the three of us were invited by Helen Walker – chair of this project – to join the conference recently held in London.
“Celebrating success and seeking solutions” was the theme of this two-day [...]
Mar
21
2010
I appeared…
…In a few media places by the way. Well, me and/or my Voorwerp. This was during the time I was too busy to blog about it. However, in such cases Twitter is great: it’s quick, easy and if you’re interested, it will keep you updated. Anyway, here’s a few of those places, for the record:
First [...]
Jan
12
2010
Sharing Astronomy
Recently, Ken Hudson from Share Astronomy interviewed me for his website and the result of that appeared today (click the image). So this is just a plug to that. – Thanks Ken!
And while I’m ‘plugging’ anyway… Chris Kirkland nominated me for a Twitter Shorty Award! And yes, they are serious awards, with a ceremony and [...]
Dec
30
2009
Happy New Year of Astronomy!
The International Year of Astronomy is almost over. And so is the first year of writing about my (mostly) astronomical adventures on this website. Today it was exactly a year ago since this site was born (i.e. visible for the rest of the world) and since I kept a calendar page on it, it’s easy [...]