Telescopes – Page 8 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

What Determines the Diameter of a Radio Telescope?

You basically have the correct answer. The considerations used when setting the size of a radio telescope are: Shortest…

If you google “VLA control room” and select the images found, you will get a very good sampling of…

Your question has been answered before on this blog. See our answer to the “Advice for Purchasing a First…

I think that our previous answer to the general question about how a radio interferometer works provides an answer…

In fact, Direction of Arrival (DoA) is a fundamental aspect of how all radio telescopes collect data. Essentially all…

Typically the VLA loses only a small amount of time, much less than 5% of the total available observing…

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