“The Distortion of Radio Observations by the Heliosphere”Dr. Nicolina ChrysaphiLaboratory of Plasma Physics, Sorbonne UniversityThursday 20 June 2024, 15h CET The Full Seminar Talk Available Here Abstract: Radio photons can interact with heliospheric density fluctuations that influence their observed properties, whether the photons have solar or extra-solar origins. I will demonstrate the importance of accounting […]
STELLAR Seminar: “Radio Dynamic Zones: Motivations, Challenges, and Opportunities to Catalyze Spectrum Coexistence”
“Radio Dynamic Zones: Motivations, Challenges, and Opportunities to Catalyze Spectrum Coexistence”Mariya ZhelevaProfessor of Computer Science, University at Albany, SUNY, New York, USA The Full Seminar Talk Available Here Abstract: The radio spectrum is a precious, finite and instantly renewable natural resource upon which we all depend in more ways than we realize. While our personal […]
STELLAR Seminar: “Pulsar Observations With LOFAR, and the Quest for Gravitational Waves”
The next STELLAR seminar lecture will be by Caterina Tiburzi of the INAF – Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Italy. Her online seminar will be held on Tuesday, October 24 2023, at 13:00h CET, over Zoom (connection details below). Caterina TiburziINAF – National Institute of Astrophysics (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica), ItalyUniversità degli Studi di Cagliari The full […]
Videos available from the STELLAR Technology school at TU-Sofia
The video recordings from the week-long intense school on radio technology for astronomy at the Technical University-Sofia are now available for viewing. They may be found on YouTube or below.
Final conference of the STELLAR project in Plovdiv, 6-8 July 2023
The achievements, problems and conclusions related to the implementation of the STELLAR project (2020-2023) were the basis for the discussions during the Final international conference on the project held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on July 6-8 2023.The forum was attended by the partners of the project: the Institute of Astronomy with NAO – BAS and the […]
Final STELLAR Conference in Plovdiv From July 6-8, 2023
The transformational project STELLAR – 2020-2023 ends with a final international conference in the city of Plovdiv from July 6-8. The project partners will participate in it: the Institute of Astronomy with National Academy of Sciences – BAS and the Technical University in Sofia, the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) and the Netherlands Institute […]
The third of the closing schools within the STELLAR project
The third of the closing schools under the project STELLAR took place at the National Astronomical Observatory of Rozhen from 19-23 June. Participants in the project and organizers of the schools are the Institute of Astronomy with NAO – BAS and the Technical University in Sofia, in partnership with the Dublin Institute for Advanced Research […]
The second of final STELLAR schools completed in Sofia
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 […]