Very Large Array
Photo By Steve Mchale

Title: Very Large Array
State/Province/Region: New Mexico
Country: United States
Nearest Area: Plains of San Agustin
Nearest Town: Socorro
Best Season: Spring
Description: 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. Each antenna is 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter. 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.

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