Hi All,
After a morning hiking and birding on the refuge we headed west to one of the biggest radio telescopes on earth.
The VLA consists of 27 antennas, each 82 feet in diameter.
These antennas can be moved on tracks in a "Y" shaped configuration. Each leg is about 20 miles long.
The VLA is located here because it is FLAT, HIGH (7,000 ft) and far from the radio noise of cities.
With last year's processing and receiver upgrade, the Enhanced VLA has the resolution of the best earth based optical telescope.
The new signal correlator is so fast that it could process the previous 30 years of VLA data in 100 seconds!
Geeky but fascinating.
Love,
Sandy & Carl
Sandy & Carl
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
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Photographed and sent from Carl's iPhone
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