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	Very Large Array - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Very Large Array (VLA) is a radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Augustin, between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, some fifty miles (80 km) west of Socorro, New Mexico, USA.
		The VLA site also currently serves as the control center for the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a VLBI array of ten 25-meter dishes located from Hawaii in the west to the U.S. Virgin Islands in the east that constitutes the world's largest dedicated, full-time astronomical instrument.
		The number of dishes visible on screen was artificially increased by means of computer-generated imagery, however, and the canyon depicted as being in the vicinity of the VLA is actually Canyon de Chelly in neighboring Arizona.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Very_Large_Array (617 words)

	The Very Large Array
		Among the predecessors that led to the development of the VLA were: the first radio telescope, the first modern parabolic radio telescope, the largest equatorially mounted telescope, the three-element interferometer, and the 12-meter telescope, the Owens Valley interferometer, and the Cambridge Array.
		These first arrays showed that most of the radio emission from radio galaxies and quasars was emitted many thousands of light years outside of their parent galaxies, from regions which contained no stars and emitted no visible.
		Preliminary designs of this instrument, the Very Large Array (VLA), were studied in the 1960's, and a telescope array was built at the NRAO facility in Green Bank, West Virginia to test the technical designs.
	www.rozylowicz.com /retirement/vla/very-large-array.html (2430 words)

	NRAO Very Large Array
		The Very Large Array, one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration on the Plains of San Agustin fifty miles west of Socorro, New Mexico.
		The data from the antennas is combined electronically to give the resolution of an antenna 36km (22 miles) across, with the sensitivity of a dish 130 meters (422 feet) in diameter.
		The array is currently being moved into the A configuration.
	www.vla.nrao.edu (136 words)

	Very Large Array (VLA)
		The VLA is a radio synthesis telescope working in the wavelength regime from 7 mm to 90 cm.
		But because a larger array also loses more information on extended sources on the sky than a small one, it is not possible to just go for the largest configuration and ignore the rest.
		For example, the radio continuum image of the edge-on galaxy NGC 891 is a result of combining the data from two observations using different array configurations (the smallest and the next bigger one).
	www.atnf.csiro.au /people/mdahlem/obs/radio/vla.html (362 words)

	SPACE.com -- The Top 5 Telescopes of All Time
		VLA at sunset, and the Y-shaped array (inset).
		Astronomers have used the VLA to detect water on Mercury, to image the first gravitational lens, and to map and study cosmic jets.
		The array is also used to examine fl holes, from the mouths of which come radiation in many forms, from radio to X-rays.
	space.com /businesstechnology/technology/top5_telescopes_021023-3.html (308 words)

	NRAO Very Large Array
		The Very Large Array or VLA is the world's largest radio telescope.
		The VLA is part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) which was funded by the National Science Foundation.
		With the dishes at their farthest distance (the D configuration) the entire array is approximately 20 miles in diameter.
	www.contilab.com /nrao.htm (847 words)

	The Very Large Array (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Very Large Array is a sonic sculpture consisting of a large number of independent sound sources.
		The VLA occurred again, briefly, at Davenport Beach on the evening of October 5, 1997.
		The mini-VLA (36 devices in a 6x6 array) was tested in a meadow near UC Santa Cruz on November 1, 1997.
	www.antfarm.org /~aaronf/vla.html (263 words)

	DSN: History: Very Large Array Radio Telescope and the Deep Space Network
		The Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope is located on the plains of San Agustin, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Socorro, New Mexico, and is owned and operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, which, in turn, is operated by Associated Universities, Inc. under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
		The director of the VLA had agreed to equip the 27 antennas with X-band receivers in order to communicate with Voyager at Neptune.
		If the Galileo spacecraft had not had problems with its high-gain antenna, the VLA would have been used for the return of Galileo data at Io since this data return occurs in the communications gap between the Madrid and Robledo.
	deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov /dsn/history/dsn67.html (293 words)

	The Very Large Array
		The 27 antennas of the VLA are connected together to form one of the world's most powerful radio telescopes.
		Moving the individual antennas of the array to different spacings is similar to operating a zoom lens on a camera, allowing scientists to vary the resolution and sensitivity of the telescope as required by a particular project.
		Some scenes of the movie were filmed at the VLA, and indeed, if (or when) such contact ever actually takes place, radio observatories like the VLA will likely be the first ears to hear those messages from other worlds.
	www.zianet.com /focus/places/vla.htm (449 words)

	National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Very Large Array
		In the plains of Saint Agustin, west of Socorro, is the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope, part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world.
		The VLA consists of 27 82-foot radio dishes that can be moved on tracks to cover an area as large as 20 by 20 miles.
		The VLA is also part of the Very Long Baseline Array antenna, composed of ten 82-foot collectors spread out across the USA from the Virgin Islands to Hawaii, working together to form a radio antenna 5,000 miles in diameter.
	ludb.clui.org /ex/i/NM3140 (343 words)

	Images and pictures of the NRAO Very Large Array (VLA) near Socorro New Mexico
		The VLA is an interferometer; this means that it operates by multiplying the data from each pair of telescopes together to form interference patterns.
		The VLA is used primarily by astronomers from around the world.
		The array: there are four configurations: A array, with a maximum antenna separation of 36 km; B array -- 10 km; C array -- 3.6 km; and D array -- 1 km.
	www.ragingmain.com /VLA.htm (527 words)

	Very Large Array (VLA), part 2
		Here an overview of the entire array with its 27 antennas, plus the spare in front of the maintenance hall (on the far right).
		Below a view of one of the VLA's three arms, with a typical late-summer afternoon thunderstorm in the background.
		A view of the central array, where the telescope density, especially in the most compact configuration that is shown here, is highest.
	www.atnf.csiro.au /people/mdahlem/obs/radio/vla2.html (120 words)

	NRAO: Socorro, New Mexico
		Located on the campus of New Mexico Tech, the Array Operations Center houses scientific, engineering, technical, computer and support staff for both the Very Large Array and the Very Long Baseline Array.
		The Very Large Array (VLA), one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration on the Plains of San Agustin 80 km (50 miles) miles west of Socorro, New Mexico.
		The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system of 10 radio telescopes controlled remotely from the Array Operations Center in Socorro, New Mexico.
	www.aoc.nrao.edu (216 words)

	Very Large Array Radio Telescope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		I worked at the VLA, off and on, from the time I was an undergraduate student to about half way through my graduate school days (by then I was a visiting scientist).
		I was present at a number of discoveries, including the first evidence for gravitational lensing (which I promptly parodied with an old picture of the Starship Enterprise firing dual phasers, much to the chagrin of the observatory staff scientists).
		Here is the VLA main building after the observatory was dedicated.
	www.val-tech.com /nelsone/vla.html (226 words)

	A Very Large Array
		The Very Large Array (VLA) is one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories.
		The VLA consists of 27 antennas arranged in a huge Y pattern up to 36km (22 miles) across -- roughly one and a half times the size of Washington, DC.
		There are four configurations: A array, with a maximum antenna separation of 36km; B array -- 10km; C array -- 3.6km; and D array -- 1km.
	www.davidstuff.com /general/vla.htm (634 words)

	Very Large Array
		The VLA is such a fabulous place to photograph we could have spent a week there.
		The center of the VLA and the north arm of radio telescopes.
		The little dish at the far left is a prototype dish for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile.
	webpages.charter.net /markpet/newmexico/vla.html (305 words)

	The Very Large Array (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Large, white antennas are scattered across the landscape, pointed towards the sky.
		It is a radio telescope built from a novel design made possible by the development of large computers.
		I was in the area photographing birds at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, and only had one afternoon to run out to visit and photograph the Very Large Area, and the photographs on this page are the result.
	donb.furfly.net /random_walks/vla.html (424 words)

	Very Large Array: melodic alt-rock
		Named after the radio telescope cluster in New Mexico, Very Large Array was founded by two brothers after they moved from Milwaukee to L.A. in the mid 90s.
		With John Gripentrog on vocals and Steve Gripentrog on guitar, VLA was a tight little unit for a short time, but filled out to a five piece outfit within months, adding a second guitarist, bass player, and a drummer.
		Critics and fans have compared Very Large Array to Coldplay, Fountains of Wayne, Radiohead, Oasis, The Pixies, and Television.
	www.magnatune.com /artists/vla (268 words)

	Very Large Array
		The Very Large Array near Socorro, NM is indeed an impressive site.
		They are mounted on large concrete piers beside a special set of railroad tracks that the tractor moves on.
		To reconfigure the VLA takes many days since each unit has to be picked up and moved to the appropriate pier along the track and remounted.
	users.adelphia.net /~parsec32/Pages/very.htm (151 words)

	NRAO Very Large Array: Tours
		The VLA is located 50 miles west of Socorro on U.S. Highway 60.
		The VLA is at an elevation of 7,000 feet.
		During Fall, Winter and Spring, jackets or coats usually are needed, and warm hats and gloves are advisable during the colder periods.
	www.vla.nrao.edu /genpub/tours (703 words)

	Very Large Computing Array :: This is Just a test - v2.0 beta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Spitzer’s infrared array camera was built by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The instrument’s principal investigator is Dr. Giovanni Fazio of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
		The PAL ramp was removed after a large piece of foam fell from that area during Discovery’s July 2005 launch.
		If the gravity at the surface of Earth were very much weaker, then the oceans would be pulled from the planet, just like the stars in NGC 5466’s stream.
	www.vlca.net (4922 words)

	Very Large Array / Contents / Intro Page
		Array "materials" include poems, essays, found and quoted writing, writing imitating all kinds of other writing, scanned photos and other graphics, and other surprises.
		It's also a fractal of itself: The Array is made up of groups of materials loosely tied together.
		The Array is also always listening to the incoming signals from the strange universe of culture, like the
	www.swarthmore.edu /Humanities/pschmid1/array/array.html (291 words)

	The VLA Telescope
		There is a new web-based Proposal Submission Tool available for the February 1, 2006, VLA proposal deadline.
		Obtain a blank VLA cover sheet by printing the PostScript File listed above under cover sheet files or contact Lori Appel by telephone: (505) 835-7310.
		All proposals, consisting of an NRAO VLA cover sheet and scientific justification (not exceeding 1000 words and including the relevant figures, if any), must be sent to Director, NRAO, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475.
	www.nrao.edu /administration/directors_office/tel-vla.shtml (388 words)

	Some Aerial Views of the VLA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The center of the VLA, with the antennas in close configuration.
		The VLA, with Tres Montosas in the background.
		The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation, operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc..
	www.aoc.nrao.edu /intro/vlapix/vlaviews.index.html (95 words)

	The VLA FIRST Survey
		FIRST -- Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm -- is a project designed to produce the radio equivalent of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey over 10,000 square degrees of the North and South Galactic Caps.
		Using the NRAO Very Large Array (VLA) and an automated mapping pipeline, we produce images with 1.8" pixels, a typical rms of 0.15 mJy, and a resolution of 5".
		At the 1 mJy source detection threshold, there are ~90 sources per square degree, ~35% of which have resolved structure on scales from 2-30".
	sundog.stsci.edu /top.html (90 words)

	Very Large Array - Gallery 2
		Located near Socorro, New Mexico, the VLA consists of 27 radio antennas each of which is 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter.
		ome of the important discoveries made by the VLA include: water on the planet Mercury, radio-coronae around ordinary stars, micro-quasars in the Milky Way, gravitationally-induced Einstein rings around distant galaxies, and radio counterparts to distant gamma-ray bursts.
		The VLA achieved popular notoriety in 1997 when it was feature in the movie Contact staring Jody Foster.
	www.mreclipse.com /Observatory/VLA/VLA2.html (343 words)

	>National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Very Large Array (VLA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The impact of the comet fragments are expected to significantly affect radio emissions in Jupiter's magnetosphere.
		In addition, microwave observations with the VLA in New Mexico are the cornerstone of a worldwide campaign to observe how Jupiter's atmosphere reacts to the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
		University of Maryland scientists will use microwave wavelengths to penetrate the thick clouds and hazes that obscure most of the deep atmosphere from view - the region where much of the impact energy should be released.
	www.jpl.nasa.gov /sl9/nrao.html (159 words)

	Very Large Array Telescope (VLA)
		A scientist writes a proposal and sends it to the NSF (National Science Foundation) and it is judged for worthiness to be performed at the VLA.
		If approved, the antennas are positioned at the proper coordinates in the sky when the defined subject can be analyzed.
		Tapes are made of the observation and sent to the scientist where he uses analyzes the findings.
	home.att.net /~s.a.steelman/id20.htm (518 words)

	Zoom Astronomy Glossary: V
		The apparent changes in brightness are caused by different phenomena; some change in size, some eject material, and others are in pairs that periodically obscure and enhance each other.
		Varuna is a large Kuiper object - a body in our Solar System that orbits far from the Sun.
		This system of rating the brightness of celestial objects was developed by the Greek astronomer Hipparchus in 120 B.C. VLA (Very Large Array) is a set of 27 linked radio telescope dishes in New Mexico, USA.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/astronomy/glossary/indexv.shtml (990 words)

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