radio interferometer Comparison Table

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radio interferometer comparison table

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MERLIN MERLIN/VLBI National Facility

Very Large Array NRAO Very Large Array 1 arcsecond VLA near Socorro, Atacama desert, New Mexico, USA 82 feet A radio telescope distributed along three 13-mile-long arms of a Y-shaped track. 27

VLBA The Very Long Baseline Array 15 microarcsecond 12000 kilometers Very Long Baseline Array

Subject	has reference	has angular resolving power	has effective diameter	has acronym	is an acronym for	has position	has element aperture	has image	has definition	has number of element
MERLIN	MERLIN/VLBI National Facility
Very Large Array	NRAO Very Large Array	1 arcsecond		VLA		near Socorro, Atacama desert, New Mexico, USA	82 feet		A radio telescope distributed along three 13-mile-long arms of a Y-shaped track.	27
VLBA	The Very Long Baseline Array	15 microarcsecond	12000 kilometers		Very Long Baseline Array

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