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The Very Long Baseline Array

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.

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The Very Long Baseline Array

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  1. The Very Long Baseline Array Brought to you by the National Radio AstronomyObservatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement with Associated Universities, Inc.

  2. Brewster, WA Owens Valley, CA North Liberty, IA Mauna Kea, HI Los Alamos, NM Pie Town, NM Hancock, NH Kitt Peak, AZ Ft. Davis, TX St. Croix, VI

  3. Each antenna: • weighs 240 tons • is25 meters (82’) • in diameter • is as tall as • a10-story building

  4. 1.5GHz 20cm 2.3GHz 13cm 4.8GHz 6cm 8.4GHz 4cm 14GHz 2cm 23GHz 1.3cm 43GHz 7mm 86GHz 3mm 327MHz 90cm 610MHz 50cm

  5. Array Operations Center, Socorro, New Mexico

  6. Array Operations

  7. The correlator console

  8. The array operator console

  9. SN1993J Studying the structure of supernovae

  10. 3C120 Studying the motion of jets moving near the speed of light.

  11. CLASS B1359+154 Studying gravitational lenses

  12. www.nrao.edu

  13. The Very Long Baseline Array Brought to you by the National Radio AstronomyObservatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement with Associated Universities, Inc.

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