Welcome to LOFAR-BG!

Here you will find up-to-date information on the development of a Bulgarian LOFAR station and its integration into the international LOFAR telescope. This includes establishing a National LOFAR consortium, as well as the organisation of seminars and meetings.

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LOFAR international network map
Latest publication
Source Location and Evolution of a Multilane Type II Radio Burst — Zucca et al., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 703: A271, 2025 view all →
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News & Events
January 1, 2026
2021–2025 (+2026) | Science, innovation, and a new generation of researchers around LOFAR-BG
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December 31, 2025
LOFAR-BG Progress Update: 2024–2025
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December 31, 2024
LOFAR-BG Progress Update: 2023–2024
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About the project

The LOFAR telescope, originally developed in the Netherlands, is managed by ASTRON (the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy). It is an advanced, pan-European, distributed low-frequency radio telescope consisting of separate observing stations with dipole antenna arrays.

LOFAR offers unique observing capabilities for studying astrophysical and geophysical phenomena in the near and distant Universe. Our goal is to develop national capabilities for the observation, processing, and analysis of LOFAR data, as well as to build and develop a Bulgarian LOFAR station.

LOFAR-BG station aerial view
Partners
Technical University of Sofia Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen ASTRON
LOFAR-BG is part of the National Roadmap for Scientific Infrastructure (2020–2027), coordinated by the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria (contracts D01-389/18.12.2020, D01-177/29.07.2022, D01-362/14.12.2023, D01-110/30.06.2025).