Google Earth Community: VLA - Socorro, New Mexico

The Very Large Array (VLA), 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 80 km (50 miles) 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 (426.5 feet) in diameter. extracted from NRAO for images visit National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Image Gallery:

reduced polyline count (detail) on 24 antennas to reduce filesize.
45deg. rotation for visual , filesize = 1.6meg

3 of the 27 dish's are detailed

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Edited by jpwade (05/22/06 07:29 PM)

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