VLBA Antenna on top of Mauna Kea

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VLBA Antenna on top of Mauna Kea

This antenna of the Very Long Baseline Array sits on an extinct volcano known as Mauna Kea in Hawai’i. Data from each of the ten 25-meter radio telescopes of the VLBA are shipped to the Array Operations Center in Socorro, New Mexico to be digitally combined. The antennas are spread over a 5,351-mile long baseline from this antenna to its identical sibling on the island of St. Croix.

Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF

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