Radio Telescopes – Page 11 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

New Technology Offers to Broaden Vision for Radio Astronomy

Posted on April 30, 2018September 13, 2022

NRAO’s CDL led the development of a new and improved version of a Phased Array Feed.

NRAO Contracts for Specialized Integrated Circuit for New Radio Telescope

Posted on February 15, 2018December 19, 2018

Using new funding from the National Science Foundation, NRAO has contracted with a firm to design and build an integrated circuit that implements an NRAO-developed technique to greatly improve the efficiency of data transmission for a next-generation radio telescope.

The Atacama Millimeter/submillimeter Array

ALMA Board Approves Development of New Spectrometer for Morita Array

Posted on January 19, 2018May 22, 2018

The ALMA Board approved the development of a new spectrometer for the Morita Array designed and developed by Japan for the ALMA telescope.

New Book Highlights Early Radio Astronomy Pioneers

Posted on November 21, 2017

New book tells the stories of four radio-astronomy pioneers who paved the way for today’s advanced observatories and also for some technologies that transformed our daily lives.

Canadian Data Center Will Augment VLASS Science

Posted on October 13, 2017December 4, 2023

Astronomers from a Canadian consortium will develop a data center to perform advanced processing of VLA Sky Survey data to augment its scientific value.

Comparison of NVSS, FIRST, and VLASS images.

VLA Begins Huge Project of Cosmic Discovery

Posted on September 18, 2017September 21, 2017

A new, all-sky survey uses the expanded capabilities of the VLA to produce a unique and valuable resource for astronomers of all specialties.

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