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Sneaky Comet NEOWISE Is Never Where You Want It To Be

The Very Long Baseline Array is a network of ten observing stations located across the United States. Each station consists of a 25-meter radio antenna dish and a control building. Radio signals captured by each antenna are amplified, digitized and recorded. The recorded data are then sent to Socorro, NM to be processed by a powerful computer known as a correlator. By combining their data, the stations form one of the world’s most powerful radio cameras.

 

This Radio Telescope part of the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) public.nrao.edu/

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