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Very Large Array
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, New Mexico, United States
This is a photo of the radio telescope of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, taken on a self-guided tour during a clear but windy day in New Mexico. Here, the antennae were in the process of changing their orientation—shortly after this photo was taken, the two nearest antennae were pointed almost straight up, like the others in the background. Astronomers at the VLA use the radio telescope to detect radio waves that are emitted by celestial objects in our galaxy, and then use that information to learn about the characteristics of those objects.
Very Large Array
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, New Mexico, United States
This is a photo of the radio telescope of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, taken on a self-guided tour during a clear but windy day in New Mexico. Here, the antennae were in the process of changing their orientation—shortly after this photo was taken, the two nearest antennae were pointed almost straight up, like the others in the background. Astronomers at the VLA use the radio telescope to detect radio waves that are emitted by celestial objects in our galaxy, and then use that information to learn about the characteristics of those objects.