The Very Long Baseline The Very Long Baseline Array Array Brought to you by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement with Associated Universities, Inc.
The Very Long Baseline Array
Dec 30, 2015
The Very Long Baseline Array. Brought to you by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement with Associated Universities, Inc. Brewster, WA. Owens Valley, CA. North Liberty, IA. Mauna Kea, HI. Los Alamos, NM. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Very Long Baseline ArrayThe Very Long Baseline Array
Brought to you by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the
National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement with Associated
Universities, Inc.
St. Croix, VI
Hancock, NH
North Liberty, IA
Ft. Davis, TX
Los Alamos, NMPie Town, NM
Kitt Peak, AZ
Owens Valley, CA
Brewster, WA
Mauna Kea, HI
• weighs 240 tons
• is 25 meters (82’) in diameter
• is as tall as a10-story building
Each antenna:
1.5GHz 20cm 2.3GHz 13cm 4.8GHz 6cm 8.4GHz 4cm 14GHz 2cm 23GHz 1.3cm 43GHz 7mm 86GHz 3mm
327MHz 90cm610MHz 50cm
Array Operations Center,Socorro, New Mexico
Array Operations
The correlator console
The array operator console
SN1993J
Studying the structure of supernovae
3C120Studying the motion of jets moving near the speed of light.
CLASS B1359+154Studying gravitational lenses
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The Very Long Baseline ArrayThe Very Long Baseline Array
Brought to you by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the
National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement with Associated
Universities, Inc.
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