A US National Radio Astronomy Observatory network of ten identical 25-meter radio dishes spread from Hawaii to the US Virgin Islands, their signals combined after the fact to synthesize a telescope effectively as large as the whole continent. Completed in 1993, it delivers among the sharpest angular resolution of any astronomical instrument ever built.
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The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system of ten radio telescopes which are operated remotely from their Array Operations Center located in Socorro, New Mexico, as a part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
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it was completed in May 1993
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The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system of ten radio telescopes which are operated remotely from their Array Operations Center located in Socorro, New Mexico, as a part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
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The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system of ten radio telescopes which are operated remotely from their Array Operations Center located in Socorro, New Mexico, as a part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
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