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Illustration highlighting ALMA's high-frequency observing capabilities
ALMA’s Highest-Frequency Capabilitiesmore_horiz
VLA antennas
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The St. Croix Antennamore_horiz
VLA antenna being upgraded
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In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Galactic Ecosystem by New Media Artist, Eddie Edwards: "This piece is not so much about the process of sequence of events, even though star formation and the cycle of regeneration are part of it, as it is about the ever-present activity of forces within the ecosystem -- a grand ballet of magnetic fields, gases, pulsars, black holes and gravity fields that are not directly visible to us and are only understood through the interpretation of the energy they emit."
ngVLA Artist Impressions: Galactic Ecosystemmore_horiz
In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Galactic Ecosystem sketches by New Media Artist, Eddie Edwards.
ngVLA Artist Impressions: Galactic Ecosystem Sketchesmore_horiz
In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Time Domain, Cosmology, Physics sketches by President of the International Association of Astronomical Artists, Jon Ramer: "As I climbed inside one of the VLA dishes I was struck with an image of different packets of data streaming in from the universe, each at different energy intensities and frequencies. This image shows data coming into the receiver and beaming down to the computers to be analyzed.

Can you figure out the secret message in the data stream?"
Interpreting Science through Art. Time Domain Astronomy and the Next-Generation Very Large Arraymore_horiz
In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Time Domain, Cosmology, Physics sketches by President of the International Association of Astronomical Artists, Jon Ramer.
ngVLA Artist Impressions: Time Domain, Cosmology, Physics Sketchesmore_horiz
In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Galaxy Assembly Through Cosmic Time sketches by NRAO Artist/Illustrator Bill Saxton: "Fascination by the stories and information that can be derived by the observation and analysis of the inert presence, composition, or motion of cold gas throughout the universe is the inspiration for this work. Although they are invisible, I marvel in awe that these omnipresent gases hold the history of the evolution of the universe and therefore the stories of all of us in them."
ngVLA Artist Impressions: Galaxy Assembly Through Cosmic Timemore_horiz
In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Galaxy Assembly Through Cosmic Time sketches by NRAO Artist/Illustrator Bill Saxton.
ngVLA Artist Impressions: Galaxy Assembly Through Cosmic Time Sketchesmore_horiz
In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Cradle of Life Sketches by President of the International Aerospace Imagineering, Aldo Spadoni: "This piece symbolically portrays the proposed Next Generation Very Large Array over the state of New Mexico, looking north. It also represents the compelling future radio astronomy investigation areas... key to understanding the initial conditions that lead to the development of life."
ngVLA Artist Impressions: Cradle of Lifemore_horiz
In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Cradle of Life Sketches by President of the International Aerospace Imagineering, Aldo Spadoni.
ngVLA Artist Impressions: Cradle of Life Sketchesmore_horiz
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Discoveries of Tomorrow: Envisioning the Next Generation VLAmore_horiz
HL Tau – ngVLA
Fly Through HL Tau with NRAO Telescopesmore_horiz
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Learning More About the Formation of Galaxiesmore_horiz
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