AstronNL

ASTRON is the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. Its main mission is to make discoveries in radio astronomy happen, via the development of new and innovative technologies, the operation of world-class radio astronomy facilities, and the pursuit of fundamental astronomical research. Engineers and astronomers at ASTRON have an outstanding international reputation for novel technology development, and fundamental research in galactic and extra-galactic astronomy. 

ASTRON operates the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), one of the most sensitive telescopes in the world, and LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array. 

ASTRON hosts JIVE (the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe) and the NOVA Optical/IR group.