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Very Large Array

The Very Large Array (VLA) is a radio astronomy observatory located some 50 miles (80 km) west of Socorro, New Mexico. The observatory consists of 27 independent antennae, each of which has a dish diameter of 25 meters (82 feet). Each antenna is found along the three arms of a track, shaped in a wye (or Y) -configuration, (each of which measures 21 km/13 miles long).

 

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