VLA
November 17th 2007 Another fun side trip today. I went to the VLA - Very Large Array. It is 50 miles west of Socorro at an elevation of 7000 feet. I was vaguely familiar with it, but forgot it was out here.
Twenty seven “small” antennas - each a mere 82 feet in diameter (think the size of a baseball infield - which is 90 feet across) make up the radio telescope. There are three arms each 13 miles long. Vis
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