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How Does a Radio Interferometer Work?

-- richard | February 9, 2023

Question:

Kindly provide a URL that discusses how radio telescopes apply interferometry to pinpoint celestial sources. I seek explanation of how antenna geometry is optimized and how the radio signal phase are processed to resolve the source. Thx.

-- richard

Answer:

I believe that this question has been answered before. See How Does a Radio Interferometer Work? using the search function for this blog. Hopefully this will answer your questions about radio interferometry.

-- Jeff Mangum

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