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Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope Very Long Baseline Array
Radio Astronomy, NRAO & the VLA
T. Beasley NRAO
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History
• Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies…
• 1874 – Maxwell’s equations – light had components invisible to the eye • 1889 – radio experiments • 1890-1900’s – early experiments….. No detections of radio waves from
the sky • 1902 – prediction that nothing would be seen… • 1930s – transatlantic radio phone calls… additional “noise” • 1932 – Bell Labs – Karl Jansky
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• WWII – significant funding into radio/radar technologies… • Post WWII – Australians, English, Dutch – move expertise into radio
astronomy • Post WWII – US – NSF • Mid 1950’s – major facility required – contract with Associated
Universities Inc. to develop a National Radio Astronomy Observatory • Single-dish telescopes…. US begins in Green Bank, WV
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Singe Dishes → Arrays of dishes
• Resolution – depends on size of dish D (weight goes a D3) • Arrays of dishes, returning signals which are processed into images • Early arrays in Australia, UK, Netherlands… • Late ‘60s – Very Large Array
– 1972 August: approved by Congress – 1973 April: construction started – 1975 September 22: first antenna put in place – 1976 February 18: first fringes – 1980: formal dedication of the VLA
• VLA today – preeminent cm radio telescope in the world
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Tour: avoid snakes and the Sun. 7000’
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Very Large Array Very Long Baseline Array
Atacama Large Millimeter/submm Array Green Bank Telescope
NRAO/AUI Today
+ HQ, Central Development Laboratory (CV) + AUI Corporate (DC)
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ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMTER ARRAY: ALMA
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Terminator Salvation
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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc
www.nrao.edu