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LOFAR- UK (low Frequency Array)

The Low Frequency Array, LOFAR, is a radio telescope working at the lowest frequencies accessible from Earth. Combining many thousands of simple dipole receivers (just like the one in your radio at home) with the latest in high tech computing, LOFAR will be able to survey wide areas of the sky all at once and will open up a new window for astronomers.

LOFAR UK is funded through a collaboration of 22 UK universities, including the University of Portsmouth, with the SEPnet consortium and the UK Science and Technologies Facilities Council, making it the largest radio astronomy consortium in the country. Over 70 leading UK astronomers are directly involved in the project.

You can find out about the LOFAR project at the LOFAR-UK website.  You can view a guided tour of LOFAR UK here, or view some LOFAR soundbites here.  LOFAR UK is also keeping a blog here.