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NRAO/Socorro Colloquium Series

 Michael Garrett

 ASTRON/Leiden

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Abstract  

I will present recent scientific and technical developments at ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. In particular, a summary of the scientific results now flowing from LOFAR will be included. I will also give an update on the SKA project, and ASTRON's contribution to the Design Phase. Finally, I will present some of my own research, describing a new project to map out the HDF-N with milliarcsecond resolution and microJy sensitivity using the EVN (European VLBI Network). 



January 30, 2015

11:00 am

Array Operations Center Auditorium

All NRAO employees are invited to attend via video, available in Charlottesville Auditorium, Green Bank Auditorium, and VLA Video Conference Room.

Local Host:   Joan Wrobel

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