KSETA Excursion to ASTRON

Sep 6, 2018, 1:40 PM → Sep 7, 2018, 11:59 PM Europe/Berlin

Dwingeloo (NL)

Agnieszka Leszczyńska (KIT-IKP), Lutz Schimpf (KIT), Thomas Berger (KIT), Barbara Lepold (KIT, TTP), Irmgard Langbein (KSETA)

Excursion to ASTRON (Netherlands) 6-7.09.18

This year, the KSETA excursion will visit the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy ASTRON. We will have a chance to talk to the experts at the experimental site and broaden our knowledge about radio astronomy :)

Check out the timetable for details and description of the route.

Thursday, September 6

1:40 PM → 8:55 PM Departure from Karlsruhe for Spier (6,9 km from Dwingeloo) ---------------------------------------------------------- We will have a dinner on the way around 6 p.m.

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Friday, September 7

9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Check-out and transfer to ASTRON site ------------------------------------------------------------- We will take bus 35 at 10:10 from the Brinkkampen street. We will then arrive at Lhee, Oosteresweg and have to walk 15 minutes from there to ASTRON. We should then arrive at 10:40 to ASTRON.

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Tour R&D and Dwingeloo Telescope by Tammo Jan Dijkema

12:00 PM → 12:20 PM control room with Sander ter Veen

12:20 PM → 1:00 PM lunch at ASTRON (arranged)

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM transfer to LOFAR by ASTRON bus

2:00 PM → 3:00 PM tour at LOFAR by Olaf Scholten and Sander ter Veen

3:00 PM → 4:00 PM transfer to WSRT site by "our" bus

4:00 PM → 6:00 PM walk around WSRT (MilkyWay path) + camp site if possible

6:00 PM → 7:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM → 11:59 PM departure from WSRT and transfer to Karlsruhe

We should arrive around 1 a.m.