STFC Photowalk Competition Finalists

The 10 finalists of the 2012 STFC Photowalk Competition have now been decided, and include one image of a LOFAR LBA at the Chilbtolton Observatory.

The final images include 4 regional winners, the winner of an online vote, plus the next top 5 from the online vote.

The final 10 images can be seen at http://www.ukphotowalk.org.uk/competition/all/event0/entries/

The regional, online and overall national winners will be announced on Friday 7^th December following the final judging panel.

This is the LOFAR Image which has been shortlisted. "Part of the LOFAR site - Searching the Universe", by Roger Dingley (for full credits see here.)

Second Round of Proposals to use LOFAR-UK as a single station

The second announcement of opportunity for UK scientists to apply to use the LOFAR-UK station in "stand-alone", or single station mode is now live. The deadline for proposals is 5pm on Monday 10th December 2012. For more details see this page the LOFAR-UK For Astronomers pages.