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Very Long Baseline Array

Index Very Long Baseline Array

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 (LBO). [1]

58 relations: Antenna (radio), Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Arizona, Array Operations Center, Astrometry, Atomic clock, Brewster, Washington, California, Centimetre, Computer, Contiguous United States, Crust (geology), Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope, Electronics, Fort Davis, Texas, Frequency, Frequency band, 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, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Liberty, Iowa, Observation, Observational error, Owens Valley, Parabolic antenna, Pie Town, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Radio telescope, Saint Croix, Short ton, Signal processing, Socorro, New Mexico, Terabyte, Texas, Tonne, ..., Toponymy, U.S. state, United States Virgin Islands, Very Large Array, Very-long-baseline interferometry, Washington (state), Wavelength, West Virginia. Expand index (8 more) »

Antenna (radio)

In radio, an antenna 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 is a radio telescope in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

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Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Arecibo is a municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico (U.S.), on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta and Florida.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. 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.

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Astrometry

Astrometry is the 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 device that uses an electron transition frequency in the microwave, optical, or ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum of atoms as a frequency standard for its timekeeping element.

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Brewster, Washington

Brewster is a city in Okanogan County, Washington, United States.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Centimetre

A centimetre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; symbol cm) or centimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, 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 device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States or officially the conterminous United States consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states plus Washington, D.C. on the continent of North America.

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Crust (geology)

In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a rocky 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.

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Electronics

Electronics is the discipline dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors.

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Fort Davis, Texas

Fort Davis is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.

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Frequency

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.

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Frequency band

A frequency band is an interval in the frequency domain, delimited by a lower frequency and an upper frequency.

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Geographic coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western 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.

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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 the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

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Interferometry

Interferometry is a family of techniques in which waves, usually electromagnetic waves, are superimposed causing the phenomenon of interference in order to extract information.

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Iowa

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.

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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.

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Los Alamos, New Mexico

Los Alamos (Los Álamos, meaning "The Cottonwoods" or "The Poplars") is a town in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States that is recognized as the birthplace 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 is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii.

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Metre

The metre (British spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure") is the base unit of length in some metric systems, including the International System of Units (SI).

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Millimetre

The millimetre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.

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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 México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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North Liberty, Iowa

North Liberty is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.

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Observation

Observation is the active 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 true value.

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Owens Valley

Owens Valley is the colonial name of Payahǖǖnadǖ (Numic: place of flowing water), the, now, arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States, to the east of the Sierra Nevada and west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains on the west edge of the Great Basin section.

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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, United States.

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Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port"), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico") and briefly called Porto Rico, is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea.

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Radio telescope

A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to receive radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky in radio astronomy.

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Saint Croix

Saint Croix 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 is a unit of weight equal to.

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Signal processing

Signal processing concerns the analysis, synthesis, and modification of signals, which are broadly defined as functions conveying "information about the behavior or attributes of some phenomenon", such as sound, images, and biological measurements.

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Socorro, New Mexico

Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Terabyte

The terabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Tonne

The tonne (Non-SI unit, symbol: t), commonly referred to as the metric ton in the United States, is a non-SI metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms;.

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Toponymy

Toponymy is the study of place names (toponyms), their origins, meanings, use, and typology.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States Virgin Islands

The United States Virgin Islands (USVI; also called the American Virgin Islands), officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, is a group of islands in the Caribbean that is an insular area of the United States located east of Puerto Rico.

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Very Large Array

The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is a centimeter-wavelength radio astronomy observatory located in central New Mexico on the Plains of San Agustin, between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, ~50 miles (80 km) west of Socorro.

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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 a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Wavelength

In physics, the wavelength is the spatial period of a periodic wave—the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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Redirects here:

High Sensitivity Array, High-Sensitivity Array, Long Baseline Array.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Long_Baseline_Array

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