Following a bid to STFC, LOFAR-UK was awarded a grant to continue the operation and transport of the resultant data to the correlator in the Netherlands, enabling the UK to remain a leading member of the international consortium.

LOFAR-UK is a consortium of astronomers representing 23 British Institutes, making it the largest radio astronomy consortium in the country.

The LOw Frequency ARray, LOFAR, is a radio telescope comprising thousands of antennas grouped in ‘stations’ spread all over Europe including the UK. The array operates in a wide range of science areas, including solar physics and the effect of the Sun on the Earth.

Observing Proposals are invited via the following URL: https://www.astron.nl/radio-observatory/astronomers/asking-time/asking-time-0

 

 

http://www.stfc.ac.uk/research/astronomy-and-space-science/lofar/