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.
EUCARA 2020
CAMRAS in Dwingeloo would host the EUCARA conference September 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CAMRAS cannot organize the conference now. For the time being, CAMRAS's plan is to invite you to EUCARA in the spring of 2021.
One of the first radio amateurs to decode beacons from ESA’s OPS-SAT
In December 2019, the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope was one of the first three ground stations to receive data from the ESA satellite OPS-SAT. Because of that, it received a certificate from ESA.
Dwingeloo Telescope receives Moon echoes for Scouting Jamboree
Last Friday and Saturday evening 6 and 7 September 2019,…
Time-laps of the Earth appearing behind the Moon
On October 7, 2018, the Chinese lunar satellite DSLWP-B made…
Our precious Earth and the lunar far side
Far side of the Moon photographed by amateurs
This image shows…
Dwingeloo has fringes (again) !
On Wednesday the 29th of August 2018, the Dwingeloo Radio…
Restoration film
During the restoration of the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope…
