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New High-speed Cameras For Westerbork Telescope

This week, a team of Dutch astronomers and engineers led by astronomer Joeri van Leeuwen (ASTRON) was awarded a grant to turn the new 'Apertif' receivers on the Westerbork telescope into high-speed cameras. The receivers will expand the Westerbork field of view by over a factor 30 but the system is restricted to making images at the rate of one every second. The new upgrade increases this to 10,000 frames per second, allowing astronomers to survey the sky with greater sensitivity to quick changes. The grant of 540.000 euro by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) is part scientific 'NWO-M' investment subsidy, part related to the top sector High Tech Systems and Materials due to the potential for mobile broadband communications. Astronomers will use these new high-speed cameras to detect bright radio flashes from our Milky Way, and beyond.
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Westerbork telescope hunts for cosmic flashes

Radio flashes from neutron stars, black holes, and of still unknown origin continuously appear all over the the sky. Van Leeuwen (ASTRON) and team have received funding to build a high speed camera for the new 30-fold enlarged field of view of the Westerbork telescope. With this camera, many new flashes can be found, for a detailed investigation of their nature.
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Over 400 visitors at re-opening Milky Way path

Over 400 people visited the Milky Way path on Sunday 7 October. During this Weekend of Science, ASTRON, Universe Awareness, Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork and Staatsbosbeheer organised a number of activities on and around the Milky Way path and the Westerbork telescope. The activities were mainly aimed at kids, since October is also kids month in the Netherlands.
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