05 – 10 September
Institute of Radio Astronomy - INAF
Head-quarters in Bologna
Institute of Radio Astronomy
Observatories
Medicina
Noto
Sardinia Radio Telescope
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA
Brera
IASF
Trieste
Padova
Bologna
IASF - IRA
Torino
Arcetri
Teramo
Roma
IASF - IFSI
Capodimonte
Cagliari
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
Centro Galileo Galilei, La Palma (Isole Canarie)
Large Binocular Telescope (Mount Graham, Arizona)
Palermo
IASF
Catania
Sponsors
Advanced Radio Astronomy
in Europe
University of Bologna
Department of Astronomy
EC funded project
RadioNet is an EC integrating activity that brings together all the major radio
observatories in Europe, covering the frequency range of 10 MHz to 1 THz.
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partners
Networking Activities
Joint Research Activities
Transnational Access programmes
Aims:
> support the radio astronomy community
> improve the capabilities of the major radio astronomy facilities
in Europe and beyond
> enhance access to those facilities
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Transnational Access:
EVN, e-MERLIN, Effelsberg, LOFAR, WSRT,
APEX, IRAM PdB, IRAM PV, JCMT
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Joint Research Activities:
ALBiUS:
Advanced long baseline user software
AMSTAR+: Focal plain arrays, 80 GHz – 1 THz
Advanced mm and sub-mm Technology
APRICOT: All Purpose Radio Imaging Cameras On Telescopes
33 GHz – 50 GHz
UniBoard: FPGA-based computing platform for radioastronomical
applications
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Networking Activities:
N1 - Management of RadioNet 2
N2 - Science Workshop
N3 - European Radio Astronomy Engineering Forum
N4 - Training for Radioastronomers
N5 – Spectrum Management
http://www.evlbi.org
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Institutes
Radio telescopes
Previous European Radio Interferometry Schools:
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Manchester
5-9 September
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Bonn
10-15 September 2007
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Oxford
7-11 September 2009
2005
7th IRAM Interferometry School, Grenoble, October 4-8, 2010
Next (single dish) schools:
• Sardinian Summer School in Astrophysics, Pula, September 12 – 17, 2011
• 6th IRAM 30m Summer School, Pradollano, September 23 - 30, 2011
Past schools
Very Long Baseline Interferometry
Techniques and Applications
Edited by Marcello Felli and Ralph Spencer
Proceeding of the NATO Advanced Study Institute
Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Italy
September 12 -23, 1988
The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy
Edited by Franco Mantovani and Andrzej Kus
Proceeding of the NATO Advanced Study Institute
Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Italy
September 17 – 29, 2001
eVLBI
LBA, Australia
VERA, Japan
VLBA, USA
meerKAT, South Africa
Murchison Base , Australia
Golden Age for Radio Astronomy
Pietro da Cortona
Eta’ dell’oro
1637 – affresco
Sala della Stufa
Palazzo Pitti
Firenze
YERAC
every year since 1968
YERAC 1980 – Department of Physics, Bologna
Enjoy your stay