Dwingeloo Telescope active again this year with the Jamboree On The Air
Friday, October 14, 2022 and Saturday, October 15, 2022,…
JAXADwingeloo ready to track Lunar mission and landing
If all goes according to plan, a new-generation rocket from…
Manuel SteinbrecherEUCARA-2021 Web Conference, April 17, 2021
The EUCARA-2021 Web Conference was held on Saturday, April 17, 2021, at the 65th anniversary of the inauguration of the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope.
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.
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…
