VLA (Very Large Array) by junge1

Photography • Space • posted on Oct 10, 2009

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The Very Large Array is located on the Plains of San Agustin at an elevation of about 7,000-ft. about 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico. It is one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories which consists of 27 individual radio antennae. Each antenna weighs 230 short tons and each dish has a diameter of 25m (82-ft). The antennae can be configured in four arrays along the Y-configuration of the track. A array - with a maximum antenna separation of 36km. B array - 10km C array - 3.6km D array - 1km The telescopes are switched between these configurations approximately every four months. The VLA uses Aperture Synthesis Interferometry. The smallest angular resolution that can be reached is about 0.05 arc seconds at a wavelength of 7mm. This panoramic view was taken on 4 October 2009. Thank you for viewing, commenting, and favs, Sig...

Comments (40)

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auntietk

10:05PM | Sun, 11 October 2009

Fabulous pano! Full view is quite a treat. I think the one in the middle is feeling a bit rebelious. :)

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flora-crassella

10:17AM | Mon, 12 October 2009

sehr interessant!!!!

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danapommet

10:59PM | Mon, 12 October 2009

Super cool capture Sig. They look like they are on railroad tracks. Dana

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lucindawind

9:43AM | Tue, 13 October 2009

great shot ! very interesting to see

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moochagoo

12:16PM | Tue, 13 October 2009

I've been there in september. Fascinating.

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debbielove

7:13AM | Wed, 14 October 2009

Very cool and again impressive panorama!!! Stunning info on something I know little about... Aircraft - yep! Space - Nope!... Cheer mate! Rob.

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kftate

5:59PM | Wed, 14 October 2009

Great capture! This is a very familiar view to me as I work for the VLA. Well done!!

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amanda_a42

7:53AM | Fri, 16 October 2009

A most interesting capture, thanks!

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Buffalo1

3:28PM | Tue, 20 October 2009

I've seen these in a number of movies. They are huge!

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cfulton

1:07PM | Mon, 02 November 2009

This is amazing to see. I am invovled with company in South Africa doing electronics for the installation of the first 7 dishes in an array in the Karoo, South Africa. Great info! Clive