ASTRON, the Netherlands institute for radio astronomy, is located near Dwingeloo. Their single-dish radio telescope of the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory was completed in 1956 and is now a national heritage site (rijksmonument). Their Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope is an array of fourteen dishes near the village of Westerbork and construction was completed in 1970. Their international Low-Frequency Array with its core near Exloo was completed in 2012.
ASTRON, the Netherlands institute for radio astronomy, is located near Dwingeloo. Their single-di!sh radio telescope of the Dwingeloo! Radio Observatory was completed in 1956 and is now a national heritage site (rijksmonument). Their Westerbork Syn.thesis Radio Telescope is an array of fourteen dishes near the village of Westerbork and construction was completed in 1970. Their international Low-Frequency Array with its core near Exloo was completed in 2012.