Dr. Heino Falcke, Professor of Astroparticle Physics and Radio Astronomy at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherland, gives a SETI Talk discussing the first of a new generation of digital radio telescopes using phased array technology Low Frequency Array (LOFAR).
LOFAR will be the largest radio telescope ever built, using a new concept based on a vast array of omni-directional antennas. The project is based on an interferometric array of radio telescope's using 15.000 small antennas and 77 larger stations. These stations are distributed across the Netherlands, five stations in Germany, and one each in Great Britain, France and Sweden. Further stations may also be built in other European countries.
LOFAR will be the largest radio telescope ever built, using a new concept based on a vast array of omni-directional antennas. The project is based on an interferometric array of radio telescope's using 15.000 small antennas and 77 larger stations. These stations are distributed across the Netherlands, five stations in Germany, and one each in Great Britain, France and Sweden. Further stations may also be built in other European countries.
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