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From: Tammo Jan Dijkema <t.j.dijkema@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 12:03:02 +0100
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+# Newstar
+## The Netherlands East West Synthesis Telescope Array Reduction
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+Newstar is the software package to reduce data from the WSRT, the Westerbork Synthese Radio Telescope. 
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+The WSRT is operated by the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (the NFRA), now ASTRON.
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+Newstar was mainly written by Wim Brouw. Newstar is not being actively developed anymore.
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