Concept information
Preferred term
Very Large Array
Definition
- A radio interferometer consisting of 27 antennas, each 25 m in diameter, in a Y-shaped configuration. It is located about 100 km west of Socorro, New Mexico, and is operated by the United States National Radio Astronomy Observatory. The VLA has the resolution of a single antenna 36 km wide and the sensitivity of a dish 130 m across. (en)
Broader concept
Entry terms
- VLA (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1766
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