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Nature 444, 138-141 (9 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/444138a; Published online 8 November 2006
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Radio astronomy: Dutch courage
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Abstract
Most astronomers head for remote mountain-tops or deserts to study the cosmos. Jenny Hogan meets a confident team set up on a patch of farmland in a crowded corner of mainland Europe.
In the lobby of Astron, the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy, a clear plastic column almost full of dirt commemorates an unusual aspect of the institution's struggle to study the cosmos. Over the past three years, the institute's astronomers have been negotiating with 42 Dutch farmers to buy up the 400 hectares of land they need for the first stage of a remarkable new radio telescope — the low frequency array, or LOFAR, a 
148-million (US$188-million) attempt to open up a new part of the spectrum to astronomical inspection.
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