LOFAR-UK on Sky at Night

Related to the previous post, LOFAR-UK will also feature in the upcoming episode of Sky at Night after Chris Lintott helped with the LBA installation in June.

LOFAR-UK in Sky at Night Magazine

There is a 6 page article about LOFAR-UK and Chilbolton in the September issue of Sky at Night Magazine.

LOFAR-UK on the main LOFAR website

The main LOFAR website ran a story this week about the Chilbolton Opening.

We are also featured in the ASTRON Daily Image for today.

(After today you can find this and other daily images about Chilbolton by going to the Archive (link at top of the Daily Image page) and searching for "Chilbolton".)

Derek's Talk at the Opening

On Monday I filmed the speech given by Derek McKay-Bukowski (LOFAR-UK Project Manager) at the evening event in the Intech planetarium. Thanks are owed from all of use to Derek for making LOFAR-UK such a success.

Video of Soundbite Interviews

At the opening on Monday I filmed short "soundbite" interviews with many of the scientists involved in LOFAR-UK. The resulting video is a nice summary of the excitement felt within the UK community (and wider) about our involvement in LOFAR.

Video of Ribbon Cutting at Chilbolton

This video shows hi-lights from the part of the LOFAR-UK opening on Monday 20th September 2010 which took place at the Chilbolton Observatory itself. This included a ribbon cutting by Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, and some real time observations of a bright pulsar (as explained by Dr. Aris Karastergiou).

Coverage of the Opening

There has been some online coverage of the opening events on Monday. Here's a collection of links. If you have something to add let me know.

BBC Science Article

Redorbit (Science, Space, Technology and Health News and Information)

Space Daily

Sify News (Indian News)

LOFAR-UK links:

Universities:

Birmingham,
Edinburgh,
Portsmouth,
Southampton,
Sussex

STFC Press Release (which includes a video of the ribbon cutting and the first pulsar observations)