| Caption: Composite image of a starfield above dish antennae of the Very Large Array radio telescope. Photographed near Socorro in New Mexico, USA. |
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| Facts: The starfield in the photograph shows the constellation of Orion. The VLA is the world's largest radio telescope array, consisting of 27 radio antennas each 25 meters in diameter. They are set out in a Y shaped railway network allowing the antennas to be moved. Two arms of this network are 21 kilometers long while the third is 19 kilometers long. The data from all the dishes can be combined using interferometry techniques to give the resolution of a 22 mile diameter antenna.
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| Photographer: David Nunuk |
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| MEDIUM RES: JPG, 3024x4684, 3.4Mb, ARGB |
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| Keywords:
VLA, very large array, antennae, antenna, antennas, Orion, constellation, radio telescopes, radio telescope, telescope, telescopes, interferometry, New Mexico, star, stars, starfield, starry sky, night sky, night |
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