Dwingeloo Radiotelescoop - C.A. Muller Radioastronomie Station - PI9CAM
Dwingeloo Radio Telescope - C.A. Muller Radio Astronomy Station - PI9CAM

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Meteors live stream August 12, 2020

Half an hour live stream demonstration on Wednesday, August 12 at 20:00 CEST. Simon Bijlsma and Frans de Jong explained and showed how you can observe meteors (the Perseids) by means of reflections from radio waves on the meteor trails.

Historical observation repeated: occultation of the Crab Nebula by the Moon

On Saturday morning, July 18, 2020, the moon passed in front of the Crab Nebula (M1) very early. Approximately every 9 years such an occultation is visible from the Netherlands. In November 1955 this was the very first observation with the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope. Paul Boven and Hans van der Meer performed this historical observation again with the radio telescope.

National Sun Watching Day 2020 live stream

During the KNVWS National Sun Watching Day July 5, 2020, live streaming from the radio telescope was performed twice, while the radio telescope was pointed at the Sun and explanations were given about the radio telescope and the radio waves emitted by the Sun.