Visit to ASTRON - Dwingeloo
ASTRON's predecessor organization, Stichting Radiostraling van Zon en Melkweg (SRZM), was founded on 23 April 1949 to build and operate the first radio telescope in Dwingeloo. SRZM oversaw the construction of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope between 1965 and 1970. The NWO established a new organization, ASTRON, in 1980 to handle other branches of astronomy not covered by SRZM; the two were merged several years later to form the current ASTRON organization.
ASTRON pursues a technical development programme, aimed both at providing innovative instrumentation for use on current observing facilities and at laying the groundwork for future generations of telescopes and signal processing instrumentation.
To these ends, the ASTRON facility in Dwingeloo maintains a well equipped R&D division specializing in the design, prototyping and qualification of:
- Low noise, ambient and cryogenic radio receiver systems (0.2–345 GHz)
- Very high speed digital electronics
- Antennas, especially in the array environment
- Advanced instrumentation for use at optical and infrared wavelengths
- Algorithm and software engineering for instrument control and for imaging
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- Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4, 7991 PD Dwingeloo
- Dwingeloo, Drenthe
- Netherlands 7991 PD
- Starts 30 April 2026 10:00 PM UTC
- Ends 19 August 2026 10:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge