Very Large Array - A Visit to the VLA Radio Astronomy Observatory in New Mexico
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The VLA (Very Large Array) Radiotelescope in New Mexico
We take you where you might never be able to go: right over the top of the VLA radiotelescope array near Socorro, New Mexico. We drive there first and visit it on the ground, and then get a bird's eye view of the entire valley from the air. Host: Heatherliane
Very Large Array - A Visit to the VLA Radio Astronomy Observatory in New Mexico, Part. 2
Visit my website at - the VLA, or Very Large Telescope, is a series of interconnected radio telescope antennae located in a remote valley outside of Socorro, New Mexico.
WEBISODE | The Very Large Array | New Mexico PBS
- 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 west of Socorro, New Mexico, USA.
The observatory is a multi-purpose instrument that consists of 27 independent antennas, and is designed to allow investigations of many astronomical topics .
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:24 1 Locations
00:00:33 1.1 Charlottesville, Virginia
00:00:55 1.2 Green Bank, West Virginia
00:03:17 1.3 Socorro, New Mexico
00:03:57 1.4 Tucson, Arizona
00:04:27 1.5 Santiago, Chile
00:05:07 2 Jansky Prize
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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center of the United States National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc for the purpose of radio astronomy. NRAO designs, builds, and operates its own high sensitivity radio telescopes for use by scientists around the world.
Very Long Baseline Array (Brewster, Washington)
The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system of ten radio telescopes controlled remotely from the Array Operations Center in Socorro, New Mexico (USA) by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. The array works together as the world's largest dedicated, full-time astronomical instrument using the technique of very long baseline interferometry. Its construction began in February 1986, and was completed in May 1993. The first observation using all ten sites occurred in May 29, 1993. The total construction cost was US$85 million.
Each VLBA station consists of an 82-foot (25 m) diameter dish antenna and an adjacent control building which houses the station computer, tape recorders and other equipment associated with collecting the radio signals gathered by the antenna. Each antenna weighs 240 short tons (218 t) and is nearly as tall as a ten story building when pointed straight up. The longest baseline in the array is 8,611 kilometres (5,351 mi).
VLA (Very Large Array) Radio Telescope Antennas Panoramic View
The VLA stands at an elevation of 6,970 ft (2,124 m) above sea level on the San Agustin Plains of New Mexico. It is between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, some 50 miles (80 km) west of Socorro, New Mexico. It is a component of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
Each 27 independent antennae has a dish diameter of 25 meters (82 feet) and weighs 209 metric tons (230 Short tons).
Very Large Array observatory reveals the universe - Science Nation
Black holes, star births and deaths, colliding galaxies and more -- all in a day's work at the VLA
The Very Large Array, or VLA, is a complex of 27 massive antennas on the Plains of San Agustin in central New Mexico, all pointing skyward to monitor radio emissions from the cosmos. With support from NSF, astronomers, such as Claire Chandler, use this facility to observe the most dynamic, cataclysmic events in the universe.
The research in this episode was supported by NSF award #1647378, National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Very Large Array Operations and Maintenance.
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VLA (Very Large Array) Radio Telescope Antennae Reorienting
The VLA stands at an elevation of 6,970 ft (2,124 m) above sea level on the San Agustin Plains of New Mexico. It is between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, some 50 miles (80 km) west of Socorro, New Mexico. It is a component of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
This is 1 of of 27 independent antennae, each of which has a dish diameter of 25 meters (82 feet) and weighs 209 metric tons (230 Short tons).
2017 Jansky Lecture - Bernie Fanaroff
(Lecture begins at 5:22)
Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have awarded the 2017 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Dr. Bernie Fanaroff, recently retired from the SKA (Square Kilometre Array) South Africa. The Jansky Lectureship is an honor established by the trustees of AUI to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of radio astronomy. Dr. Fanaroff, as the 2017 Jansky Lecturer, is being recognized for his exceptional contributions to radio astronomy and his unparalleled leadership through public service.
Fanaroff was the project director of the South African Square Kilometer Array telescope project from its inception in 2003 until the end of 2015; he remains a part-time adviser on the project. Fanaroff is also the co-chair of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Working Group on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) and High Performance Computing. He is also a member of the advisory committee of the Breakthrough Listen project.
THE STRANGEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN? The Very Large Array in New Mexico | American Roadtrip 017
New Mexico was one of the most unique states we visited on our road trip to the 50 states! While RVing in New Mexico, we saw sights such as the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Petroglyph National Monument, White Sands National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, and possibly the strangest thing I've ever seen...The Very Large Array!
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Comfort Inn & Suites Socorro in Socorro NM
Book here: . . .. .. ... . .. .. ... . . . . Comfort Inn & Suites Socorro 1259 Frontage Road Northwest Socorro NM 87801 The Comfort Inn & Suites hotel is ideally located in the Rio Grande Valley, just two miles from the Garcia Opera House. This Socorro, NM hotel is minutes from Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, the Old San Miguel Mission and the popular Kelly Ghost Town. The Socorro Municipal Airport is nine miles away. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, known as New Mexico Tech or NMT, is three miles from the hotel. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array (NRAO VLA), one of the world's leading astronomical radio observatories, is about 45 miles away. Socorro is located at the foot of the Magdalena Mountains, and provides a multitude of outdoor recreation including hiking, rock climbing, biking and fishing. A variety of restaurants and cocktail lounges are located in the surrounding area. Guests of this Socorro hotel will enjoy amenities and features like: free high-speed Internet access in all rooms, free local calls, meeting room (up to 50 people). This is pet-friendly hotel (nightly fee and refundable deposit). Breakfast is full of hot and cold options,featuring eggs, meat, yogurt, fresh fruit, cereal and more, including your choice of hot waffle flavors! After a busy day, relax in the indoor heated pool and hot tub. Be sure to take advantage of the hotel's exercise room. All guest rooms come equipped with refrigerators, microwaves, coffee makers, hair dryers, irons, ironing boards, voice mail and cable television. In addition, some rooms have sofa sleepers. There are wet bars in the suites. Non-smoking rooms are offered.
Magdelena mountains, Socorro, NM January 2019
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Conditioned and Enchanted: A Time Lapse Journey Across New Mexico
Numerous time lapse photography sequences shot around New Mexico, also known as the Land of Enchantment. Shots feature Shiprock, the Valles Caldera, the Very Large Radio Array (National Radio Astronomy Observatory), the Sangre de Cristo and Sandia Mountains.
Music: Pursuit Through Grouse Canyon by Hudson (Creative Commons)
Cowboy Crimes and Symbolic San Miguel in Socorro; New Mexico
0:00 Bum on corner of Walmart parking lot makes money 0:31 dogs happy to bark at me near Walmart 0:54 another dog 1:07 1:20 stolen merchandise 1:37 Walmart celebrates the Garden Center opening for season 1:53 shrimp 2:10 2:27 2:41 3:08 Jumbo from the Trinity Site: 3:16 3:29 Old Socorro Plaza 3:51 Socorro Legendary Elfego Baca: 4:10 Val Verde 4:20 big coin 4:34 4:57 San Miguel church 5:42 the very statue that scared the Apache 6:02 6:04 6:33 church residence 6:35 water and ice store 6:37 6:52 log fence 6:56 7:01 7:08 7:14 cops checking out a car 8:39 8:41 8:43 Socorro Public Library business card 8:45 9:08 9:16 10:12 11:12 11:29 canal 11:48 25 MPH 11:50 This was not an abandoned house 11:58 12:57 13:14 13:43 14:02 backside of San Miguel church 14:17 14:32 14:42 The School of Mines Road 14:54 15:30 15:41 16:04 16:44 17:08 lemons and ginger go great together 17:20 18:20 the toad 8:23 chorus of dogs at this apartment 18:52 dog poop problem at nearby park for some reason? 19:02 19:12 diabetic needles ready for the kids 19:18 chickens 19:26
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Observatory
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysical, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Historically, observatories were as simple as containing an astronomical sextant (for measuring the distance between stars) or Stonehenge (which has some alignments on astronomical phenomena).
Astronomical observatories are mainly divided into four categories: space-based, airborne, ground-based, and underground-based.
Ground-based observatories, located on the surface of Earth, are used to make observations in the radio and visible light portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Most optical telescopes are housed within a dome or similar structure, to protect the delicate instruments from the elements. Telescope domes have a slit or other opening in the roof that can be opened during observing, and closed when the telescope is not in use. In most cases, the entire upper portion of the telescope dome can be rotated to allow the instrument to observe different sections of the night sky. Radio telescopes usually do not have domes.
For optical telescopes, most ground-based observatories are located far from major centers of population, to avoid the effects of light pollution. The ideal locations for modern observatories are sites that have dark skies, a large percentage of clear nights per year, dry air, and are at high elevations. At high elevations, the Earth's atmosphere is thinner, thereby minimizing the effects of atmospheric turbulence and resulting in better astronomical seeing. Sites that meet the above criteria for modern observatories include the southwestern United States, Hawaii, Canary Islands, the Andes, and high mountains in Mexico such as Sierra Negra. Major optical observatories include Mauna Kea Observatory and Kitt Peak National Observatory in the USA, Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in Spain, and Paranal Observatory in Chile.
Radio observatories
Beginning in 1930s, radio telescopes have been built for use in the field of radio astronomy to observe the Universe in the radio portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Such an instrument, or collection of instruments, with supporting facilities such as control centres, visitor housing, data reduction centers, and/or maintenance facilities are called radio observatories. Radio observatories are similarly located far from major population centers to avoid electromagnetic interference (EMI) from radio, TV, radar, and other EMI emitting devices, but unlike optical observatories, radio observatories can be placed in valleys for further EMI shielding. Some of the world's major radio observatories include the Socorro, in New Mexico, United States, Jodrell Bank in the UK, Arecibo in Puerto Rico, Parkes in New South
Space-based observatories are telescopes or other instruments that are located in outer space, many in orbit around the Earth. Space telescopes can be used to observe astronomical objects at wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that cannot penetrate the Earth's atmosphere and are thus impossible to observe using ground-based telescopes. The Earth's atmosphere is opaque to ultraviolet radiation, X-rays, and gamma rays and is partially opaque to infrared radiation so observations in these portions of the electromagnetic spectrum are best carried out from a location above the atmosphere of our planet. Another advantage of space-based telescopes is that, because of their location above the Earth's atmosphere, their images are free from the effects of atmospheric turbulence that plague ground-based observations. As a result, the angular resolution of space telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope is often much smaller than a ground-based telescope with a similar aperture. However, all these advantages do come with a price. Space telescopes are much more expensive to build than ground-based telescopes. Due to their location, space telescopes are also extremely difficult to maintain. The Hubble Space Telescope was serviced by the Space Shuttle while many other space telescopes cannot be serviced at all.
Airborne observatories have the advantage of height over ground installations, putting them above most of the Earth's atmosphere. They also have an advantage over space telescopes: The instruments can be deployed, repaired and updated much more quickly and inexpensively.
A volcano observatory is an institution that conducts research and monitoring of a volcano. Among the best known are the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and the Vesuvius Observatory. Mobile volcano observatories exist with the USGS VDAP (Volcano Disaster Assistance Program), to be deployed on demand.
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