A radio astronomy observatory in New Mexico consisting of 27 movable dish antennas that combine their signals to act as a single large radio telescope, used for research from black holes to the search for extraterrestrial radio signals.
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Observatory TypeGround-based radio observatory 1 LocationSocorro County, New Mexico, United States 1 MeasuresCentimeter-wavelength radio waves 2 Operating PrincipleAperture-synthesis interferometry: the signals from its movable dish antennas are combined so the array acts as a single antenna of variable diameter 2 Classification
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica: Space Exploration
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A radio astronomy observatory in New Mexico consisting of 27 movable dish antennas that combine their signals to act as a single large radio telescope, used for research from black holes to the search for extraterrestrial radio signals.
2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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the antennas can be physically relocated to a number of prepared positions, allowing aperture synthesis interferometry with up to 351 independent baselines: in essence, the array acts as a single antenna with a variable diameter.
Very Large Array (Wikipedia)
Very Large Array, introductory section
The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is a centimeter-wavelength radio astronomy observatory in the southwestern United States built in the 1970s.
In Group: Radio and Millimetre Interferometer Arrays, Lead sentence
Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is a centimeter-wavelength radio astronomy observatory in the southwestern United States built in the 1970s.
Operated By: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Article text: operator
It is a component of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
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