In Sofia Tech Park, the second of the final three schools within the framework of the STELLAR project in radio astronomy with LOFAR was held between May 22-26, 2023. The participants – from Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Hungary and Egypt – spent five days improving their knowledge with the help of lecturers from the Institute of […]
Introduction to LOFAR data processing Tutorial
Introduction to LOFAR data processing Introduction to LOFAR data processing Harish Vedantham Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy University of Groningen These are my notes from a LOFAR data processing tutorial I gave to students in Sofia, Bulgaria between May 22 and May 26 of 2023. The school was organised by the STELLAR project. If you […]
The first school of radio technology used in LOFAR
The first of three schools for the LOFAR low-frequency radio telescope was held from May 15-19, 2023 at the Technical University (TU) in Sofia, with lecturers from TU and the Institute of Radio Astronomy ASTRON – The Netherlands. Among the topics of lectures and exercises were: principles of electromagnetism and propagation of radio waves; antenna […]