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  2. Very Large Array - Wikipedia

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    The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is a centimeter-wavelength radio astronomy observatory in the southwestern United States built in the 1970s. It lies in central New Mexico on the Plains of San Agustin, between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, approximately 50 miles (80 km) west of Socorro.

  3. National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Wikipedia

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    The Very Large Array (VLA), an array of 27 dish antennas. The NRAO's facility in Socorro is the Pete Domenici Array Operations Center (AOC). Located on the New Mexico Tech university campus, the AOC serves as the headquarters for the Very Large Array (VLA), which was the setting for the 1997 movie Contact, and is also the control center for the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA).

  4. NM's Very Large Array tapped to develop next generation ... - AOL

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    Aug. 24—Scientists say upgrades planned for the Very Large Array in New Mexico — which recently took a step forward with a major financial award — may help answer centuries-old questions ...

  5. List of radio telescopes - Wikipedia

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    Very Large Array (VLA) Socorro, New Mexico, US Array of 27 dishes. Part of NRAO. Very Small Array (VSA) Cogan Station, Pennsylvania, US Array of 8 small dishes. Part of The SETI League's Project Argus initiative. Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) Socorro, New Mexico US (operations center)

  6. The very large project - AOL

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  7. Plains of San Agustin - Wikipedia

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    Very Large Array, on the Plains of San Agustin Satellite photo of the Plains of San Agustin. The plains are probably best known as the site of the Very Large Array, a radio astronomy observatory. The plains were chosen for the observatory because of their isolated location away from large population centers, and the partial shielding effect of ...

  8. Associated Universities, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Very Large Array. The Very Large Array (VLA), an array of 27 25-meter antennas, is located on the Plains of San Agustin about 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico. Dedicated in 1980, it is an exceedingly powerful scientific instrument that has transformed many areas of astronomy, and has been used by more astronomers and has produced more ...

  9. List of astronomical observatories - Wikipedia

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    Atacama Large Millimeter Array; Green Bank Telescope; Very Large Array; Very Long Baseline Array; 1957 Headquarters: Charlottesville, Virginia, US National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) 1903 Helwan, Egypt National Solar Observatory: 1952 Sunspot, New Mexico, US & Kitt Peak, Arizona, US Naval Research Lab. Radio Sta.