LOFAR Project:

The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is a radio telescope that will operate at the lowest frequencies accessible from earth. The current plan is that LOFAR will work in the range from 10-240 MHz.

Astronomers and physicists hope to use LOFAR to study the most distant radio galaxies and quasars, map galactic cosmic rays, detect short-lived transient events, such as bursts from Jupiter-like planets, and learn more about the sun and its effect on the earth's atmosphere.

The telescope is being developed by ASTRON, based in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C., and the MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford, Mass. Seavey Engineering is proud to be working on this project in conjunction with the Haystack Observatory.

For more information, please visit the LOFAR Web Site.