Very Long Baseline Array
Not to be confused with the Very Large Array (VLA), which consists of 27 antennas all at one location, the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) consists of 10 radio telescopes located as much as 5000 miles apart. The distance between any two stations is known as their baseline and the longer the baseline, the greater the resolution they are able to capture. These ten radio antennas work together as an array that forms the longest system in the world. Each dish is 82 feet across and weighs approximately 218 tons.
Antenna locations are:
Pie Town – New Mexico (pictured above)
Kitt Peak – Arizona
Owens Valley – California
Brewster – Washington
Mauna Kea – Hawaii
St. Croix – U.S. Virgin Islands
Hancock – New Hampshire
North Liberty – Iowa
Fort Davis – Texas
Los Alamos – New Mexico
Watch a brief video of the antenna rotate as it is repositioned
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Very Long Baseline Array
Not to be confused with the Very Large Array (VLA), which consists of 27 antennas all at one location, the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) consists of 10 radio telescopes located as much as 5000 miles apart. The distance between any two stations is known as their baseline and the longer the baseline, the greater the resolution they are able to capture. These ten radio antennas work together as an array that forms the longest system in the world. Each dish is 82 feet across and weighs approximately 218 tons.
Antenna locations are:
Pie Town – New Mexico (pictured above)
Kitt Peak – Arizona
Owens Valley – California
Brewster – Washington
Mauna Kea – Hawaii
St. Croix – U.S. Virgin Islands
Hancock – New Hampshire
North Liberty – Iowa
Fort Davis – Texas
Los Alamos – New Mexico
Watch a brief video of the antenna rotate as it is repositioned
www.flickr.com/photos/156532843@N02/51737208521/in/album-...