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Very Large Array
(VLA)
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Very Large Arrayhas element aperture 82 feethas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
has number of elements 27has source: McLean, I.S. 1997 Electronic Imaging in Astronomy, Wiley, 2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
has position near Socorro, Atacama desert, New Mexico, USA2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
has reference NRAO Very Large Arrayhas URL: http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/doc/vla/html/VLAhome.shtml, 2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
has angular resolving power 1 arcsecondhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
has image has URL: http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/intro/vlapix/twilight.jpg, has source: http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/intro/vlapix/vlaviews.index.html, 2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
has acronym VLA2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
has definition A radio telescope distributed along three 13-mile-long arms of a Y-shaped track.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
is an instance of radio interferometer2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
radio interferometerrequires signals from different antenna to be combined2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
array telescopehas element separation2001-09-27 09:27:45.0
telescopehas wavelength sensitivity2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has effective diameter2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has aperture2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has focal ratio2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has operator2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has purpose observe celestial objects2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has location2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
artifacthas creator2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has creation date2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has owner2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
physical objecthas angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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