Miriam out on the town!

Jasmin graduates from school

The day Jasmin found out her end of school exam results - if you pass, dutch tradition demands
that you hang your school bag from the window. Jasmin is now study law at Groningen Univ.

Jasmin & mum in Scotland

Sci. Adv. Com. visits

ASTRON Sci. Adv. Com. - pre-meeting hospitality at my home.

Boxing day wuth the girls, 2010

H-R Diagram of radio interferometers (total citations 2000-2010 vs abs. fame)

Here is another HR Diagram plot - restricted to radio interferometers and plotting total citations (2000-2010) vs abs. fame - see previous posts on how this is constructed and refer also to @astronomyblog AAS poster. The results show that the VLBA is second only to the VLA in terms of its overall scientific productivity - it comes in at the same level as IRAM (but note this is corrupted by PV single dish). Note that "VLBI" is already contaminated by some VLBA-only results. The GBT is also plotted for reference.

H-R Diagram of radio astronomy facilities, incl. ALMA, LOFAR & SKA

Here is the H-R diagram of existing radio astronomy facilities, plus telescopes still to be built or commissioned (e.g. ALMA, LOFAR & SKA) - they are already doing pretty well!

For more info on how this plot was constructed, visit previous post: