05 – 10 September. Institute of Radio Astronomy - INAF Head-quarters in Bologna.

05 – 10 September

Institute of Radio Astronomy - INAF

Head-quarters in Bologna

Institute of Radio AstronomyObservatories

Medicina Noto

Sardinia Radio Telescope

Telescopio Nazionale GalileoCentro Galileo Galilei, La Palma (Isole Canarie)Large Binocular Telescope (Mount Graham, Arizona)

ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA

Catania

PalermoIASF

Capodimonte

RomaIASF - IFSI

Teramo

Arcetri

BolognaIASF - IRA

Padova

TriesteBreraIASF

Torino

Cagliari

Sponsors

Advanced Radio Astronomyin Europe

University of BolognaDepartment 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.

27 partners 5 Networking Activities 4 Joint Research Activities 9 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

Transnational Access:

EVN, e-MERLIN, Effelsberg, LOFAR, WSRT, APEX, IRAM PdB, IRAM PV, JCMT

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 GHzUniBoard: FPGA-based computing platform for radioastronomical

applications

Networking Activities:

N1 - Management of RadioNet 2 N2 - Science WorkshopN3 - European Radio Astronomy Engineering Forum N4 - Training for Radioastronomers N5 – Spectrum Management

http://www.evlbi.org

14 Institutes 21 Radio telescopes

Previous European Radio Interferometry Schools:

Manchester 5-9 September 2005 

Bonn 10-15 September 2007

Oxford 7-11 September 2009

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 CortonaEta’ dell’oro1637 – affrescoSala della StufaPalazzo PittiFirenze

YERAC every year since 1968

YERAC 1980 – Department of Physics, Bologna

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