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58 relations: Antenna (radio), Arecibo Observatory, Arizona, Array Operations Center, Astrometry, Atomic clock, Brewster, Washington, Byte, California, Centimetre, Computer, Contiguous United States, Crust (geology), Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope, Electronics, Fort Davis, Texas, Frequency, Geographic coordinate system, Germany, Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia, Hancock, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Hertz, Interferometry, Iowa, Kitt Peak, List of radio telescopes, Los Alamos, New Mexico, Mauna Kea, Metre, Millimetre, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, National Science Foundation, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Liberty, Iowa, Observation, Observational error, Owens Valley, Parabolic antenna, Pie Town, New Mexico, Radio telescope, Saint Croix, Short ton, Signal processing, Socorro, New Mexico, Spectral band, Texas, Tonne, ... Expand index (8 more) »
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Antenna (radio)
In radio engineering, an antenna (American English) or aerial (British English) is the interface between radio waves propagating through space and electric currents moving in metal conductors, used with a transmitter or receiver.
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Arecibo Observatory
The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Very Long Baseline Array and Arecibo Observatory are radio telescopes.
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Arizona
Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
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Array Operations Center
The Array Operations Center (AOC) in Socorro, New Mexico, is the control and monitor center for the Very Long Baseline Array. Very Long Baseline Array and Array Operations Center are radio telescopes.
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Astrometry
Astrometry is a branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies.
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Atomic clock
An atomic clock is a clock that measures time by monitoring the resonant frequency of atoms.
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Brewster, Washington
Brewster is a city in Okanogan County, Washington, United States.
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Byte
The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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Centimetre
Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales. The microwave is in-between 1 meter to 1 millimeter. A centimetre (International spelling) or centimeter (American spelling), with SI symbol cm, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of.
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Computer
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).
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Contiguous United States
The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States of America in central North America.
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Crust (geology)
In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.
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Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
The Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in the Ahr Hills (part of the Eifel) in Bad Münstereifel, Germany. Very Long Baseline Array and Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope are radio telescopes.
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Electronics
Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles.
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Fort Davis, Texas
Fort Davis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.
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Frequency
Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.
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Geographic coordinate system
A geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude and longitude.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
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Green Bank Telescope
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in Green Bank, West Virginia, US is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, surpassing the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany. Very Long Baseline Array and Green Bank Telescope are radio telescopes.
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Green Bank, West Virginia
Green Bank is a census-designated place in Pocahontas County in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands inside the Allegheny Mountain Range.
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Hancock, New Hampshire
Hancock is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.
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Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
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Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
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Interferometry
Interferometry is a technique which uses the interference of superimposed waves to extract information.
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Iowa
Iowa is a doubly landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.
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Kitt Peak
Kitt Peak (Ioligam) is a mountain in the U.S. state of Arizona, and at is the highest point in the Quinlan Mountains.
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List of radio telescopes
This is a list of radio telescopes – over one hundred – that are or have been used for radio astronomy. Very Long Baseline Array and list of radio telescopes are radio telescopes.
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Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos (Los Álamos, meaning The Cottonwoods) is a census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, that is recognized as one of the development and creation places of the atomic bomb—the primary objective of the Manhattan Project by Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II.
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Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea (abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea); is an inactive shield volcano on the island of Hawaiokinai.
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Metre
The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).
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Millimetre
Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales. The microwave is between 1 meter to 1 '''millimeter'''. The millimetre (international spelling; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a federally funded research and development center of the United States National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.
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National Science Foundation
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
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North Liberty, Iowa
North Liberty is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
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Observation
Observation in the natural sciences is an act or instance of noticing or perceiving and the acquisition of information from a primary source.
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Observational error
Observational error (or measurement error) is the difference between a measured value of a quantity and its unknown true value.
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Owens Valley
Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ, meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States.
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Parabolic antenna
A parabolic antenna is an antenna that uses a parabolic reflector, a curved surface with the cross-sectional shape of a parabola, to direct the radio waves.
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Pie Town, New Mexico
Pie Town is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located along U.S. Highway 60 in Catron County, New Mexico.
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Radio telescope
A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Very Long Baseline Array and radio telescope are radio telescopes.
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Saint Croix
Saint Croix (Santa Cruz; Sint-Kruis; Sainte-Croix; Danish and Sankt Croix; Ay Ay) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.
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Short ton
The short ton (abbreviation tn) is a measurement unit equal to.
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Signal processing
Signal processing is an electrical engineering subfield that focuses on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing signals, such as sound, images, potential fields, seismic signals, altimetry processing, and scientific measurements.
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Socorro, New Mexico
Socorro (sə-KOR-oh) is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
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Spectral band
Spectral bands are regions of a given spectrum, having a specific range of wavelengths or frequencies.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
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Tonne
The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
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Toponymy
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types.
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U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.
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United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands, officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States.
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Very Large Array
The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is a centimeter-wavelength radio astronomy observatory in the southwestern United States. Very Long Baseline Array and Very Large Array are radio telescopes.
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Very-long-baseline interferometry
Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a type of astronomical interferometry used in radio astronomy.
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Washington (state)
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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Wavelength
In physics and mathematics, wavelength or spatial period of a wave or periodic function is the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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See also
Kitt Peak National Observatory
- ARO 12m Radio Telescope
- Bok Telescope
- Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
- Kitt Peak National Observatory
- Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System
- MDM Observatory
- McMath–Pierce solar telescope
- Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope
- Very Long Baseline Array
- WIYN Observatory
- Warner and Swasey Observatory
References
Also known as High Sensitivity Array, High-Sensitivity Array, Long Baseline Array, VLBA.