Very Large Array

January 10

West of Socorro, New Mexico, we visited the VLA. The Very Large Array is a radio astronomy telescope operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. It consists of 27 dish-shaped antennas that are connected together to form a single large radio telescope. You can find out more about it by going to: http://www.nrao.edu/ The VLA is used by astronomers from around the world. There is no charge for the use of the array and the associated data analysis computers.