Visitor info

– Special openings

The radio telescope is open during the following public activities. In case of special openings, other entrance fees or free access may apply.

= Annual national public activities 2019

• National Stargazing Days, Saturday evening, March 16, 2019 from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm
  Demonstrations in the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope even when cloudy or raining because radio waves pass through the clouds. In clear weather there are optical telescopes next to the radio telescope. In the Muller House short presentations on various topics including meteor scatter.
  Entrance in the radio telescope: youth € 1, – adults € 2, – and donors free for 2 visitors. Outside the radio telescope everything is free of charg .
• Heritage Days, weekend of September 14 and 15, 2019
  (date and time the radio telescope is open will be announced later)
• Science Weekend, weekend of October 5 and 6, 2019
  (date and time the radio telescope is open will be announced later)
• Dark-Sky Night, Saturday, October 26, 2019
  (time the radio telescope is open will be announced later)

– Summer-Sunday-afternoon opening

In July and August, the radio telescope is open almost every Sunday afternoon, subject to sufficient volunteers. A tour starts every half hour. The tours do not last longer than an hour.
(dates and times for 2019 will be announced later)

The tours begin at the Muller house, Oude Hoogeveensedijk 6.
There you pay your entrance fee and you get a short story about the radio telescope.
Then you go to the radio telescope under the supervision of a tour guide.
In the radio telescope, the guides and telescope operators give explanations with a demonstration.

There is room for up to twenty visitors per guided tour.
You cannot make a reservation.

In case of equipment malfunctions, we give a guided tour without a demonstration.
In case of special weather conditions such as thunderstorms and very strong winds, the tours will be cancelled.

– Schools and students

Special guided tours are possible for schools. For more information and requesting a guided tour, please read the page about guided tours. If you want to ask another question please contact us via the contact form.

High school students can do their own research or experiment with the radio telescope, for example for a practical assignment. For more information and requesting this, read the education page.

– Guided group tours on request

Guided tours for groups are possible on request. Real observations are made during a tour. For example, it is possible to listen live to a pulsar or to measure the velocity of hydrogen clouds.

In group tours, depending on the interest of the group, emphasis can be placed on the technology of the telescope, on astronomy, or on amateur radio applications. The telescope is also interesting from the point of view of heritage. For more information and requesting a guided tour, please read the page about guided tours.

ATTENTION 1: The entrance fee depends on the number of group members together, but is always at least € 50.00.
ATTENTION 2: We do not organize guided tours on national and generally recognized holidays.
ATTENTION 3: We do not organize tours on request during the months July, August and September, and in the first week of October. In that period the radio telescope can be visited during the Summer-Sunday-afternoon opening, the Heritage Days and the Science Weekend.