#very large array

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Very Large Array, New Mexico

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I was taking one of my famous “short cuts” across the American desert and snapped this sunset image at the Very Large Array radio telescope complex near Socorro, New Mexico

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Very Large Array, New Mexico 2023

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Very Large Array by Brett Binns Via Flickr: Socorro, New Mexico

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The Very Large Array radio observatory, 24 miles west of Magdalena, NM

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The 28 telescopes of the VLA are moved on parallel railroad tracks and can be arranged in several Y-shaped configurations with the help of a lifting locomotive. Currently the complex is in configuration B, which spreads out the telescopes over 7 miles. The maximum separation possible is 22.6 miles.

The further apart the telescopes are spaced, the larger the array’s eye, and the more detail it can see.

Oh, and the visitor center is finally open again! :D

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Allow me to share with you, unprompted, the greatest photo I have ever taken:

I took this photo at the Very Large Array (a radio astronomy observatory in New Mexico) on a shitty low end android phone from 2013.

That's my dad in the middle of the path. He's about halfway between me and the dish. To give you a sense of how massive these things are, my dad is about 6' 2".

They have about 28 of these on site. The size and number of them is staggering in person. Truly an unforgettable experience.

I absolutely recommend going out of your way to visit the VLA if you're in the area.

Word of advice, though: bring warm clothing and something to cover your face with. It's at a very high altitude in the middle of a flat desert, so the cold wind will eat through a t-shirt like it's tissue paper (and knock you on your ass if you're not careful). I was wearing a couple layers, but even that wasn't enough. You Have Been Warned.

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VLA, New Mexico

September 13, 2015

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Massive Radio Array Upgrades to Search for Alien Signals from Other Civilizations

Matriz de radio masiva para buscar señales extraterrestres de otras civilizaciones Crédito de la imagen: VLA/NRAO Publicado 1 mayo 2023 El Instituto SETI, el Observatorio Nacional de Radioastronomía y la Iniciativa Breakthrough Listen se unen para COSMIC y SETI 1de mayo de 2023, Mountain View, CA: uno de los conjuntos de radiotelescopios más poderosos del mundo se une a la búsqueda de señales…

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Very Large Array, New Mexico

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It sure is

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ESO detecta o campo magnético mais distante de uma galáxia

NOTÍCIA: Astrônomos usam o ALMA para detectar o campo magnético mais distante de uma galáxia. A galáxia 9io9 tem um campo magnético tão forte quanto o da Via Láctea

Uma equipe internacional de astrônomos, usando o Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), um conjunto de antenas localizado no deserto do Atacama, no Chile, fez a primeira detecção confirmada de um campo magnético em uma galáxia muito distante. A galáxia, chamada 9io9, está tão longe que a sua luz demorou mais de 11 bilhões de anos para chegar até nós, o que significa que estamos…

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NRAO Very Large Array (VLA), Socorro, NM

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3C175: Quasar Cannon

Credits: Alan Bridle, NRAO Charlottesville, VLA, NRAO, NSF

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