On this page you can find pictures of:

• Radio astronomy
• The Dwingeloo telescope
• The Westerbork telescope
• The LOFAR telescope
• The Square Kilometre Array (SKA)

Also available:

• Posters
• Drawings for kids

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Pictures Dwingeloo telescope

The Dwingeloo Telescope in 360 degrees. © ANP, Arthur van den Enk. Click on the image and move the cursor to the left/right/up/down.

Credits for the three photos on the right: Vincent van den Hoven

Pictures Westerbork telescope

Pictures LOFAR

Aerial photos of the LOFAR area, taken on 23 May 2010. © Top-Foto, Assen.
LOFAR station near the central LOFAR area.	The 'superterp' on which six LOFAR stations are housed.	LOFAR station near the central LOFAR area.	The 'superterp' on which six LOFAR stations are housed.

LOFAR antennas
A LOFAR station with the Low Band Antennas in the inset. © Top-Foto, Assen	Low Band Antenna's (LBA's) of LOFAR.	Black casings in which the High Band Antenna's of LOFAR are housed.	Deer near the LOFAR antennas
The inside of the black casings on the field: High Band Antenna's. © Nout Steenkamp	Black casing in which the High Band Antenna's of LOFAR are housed. © Hans Hordijk	LOFAR Low Band Antennas. © Hans Hordijk	Locations of the International LOFAR Telescope (ILT). © ASTRON

International LOFAR stations
The LOFAR station at Chilbolton in the United Kingdom.	The LOFAR station to be built at Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden. Credit: Onsala Space Observatory/Västkustflyg	The LOFAR station at Nançay in France. Credit: I. Thomas, Observatoire de Nançay.	The LOFAR station in Effelsberg, Germany	The LOFAR station in Garching, Germany
A LOFAR station will be built in Jülich, Germany. Credit: Google.	A LOFAR station will be built in Potsdam, Germany. Credit: Google.	The LOFAR station in Tautenburg, Germany

Pictures Square Kilometre Array

Posters

Wat is radioastronomie? (Alleen Nl/ only Dutch)	Wat is LOFAR? (Alleen Nl/ Only Dutch)	Galaxy Cygnus A (Dutch text)	ASTRON (English) ASTRON (Nederlands)
Spiral galaxy M51, observed with the LOFAR telescope	Everything you want to know about the Westerbork telescope	Galaxy NGC 6946	Neutral hydrogen in early-type galaxies
Hanny's Voorwerp

Kids

Coloring book

De SKA strip! Benny Beer, Sam de Vos, Bryan de Wijze Hagedis, Miriam Muis en Greta Ooievaar beleven allemaal avonturen met een hele grote radiotelescoop die gebouwd gaat worden, de SKA. Daarom worden deze dieren (in het Engels 'animals') de SKAnimals genoemd:

Klik hier voor alle 3 SKA strips.

Memory game

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