VLBA antenna at St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
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The VLBA antenna at St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands is one of the ten radio telescopes in the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Long Baseline Array, providing a crucial Caribbean baseline for high-resolution astronomical observations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Very Long Baseline Array station
ⓘ
radio telescope ⓘ |
| arrayMembership | one of the ten fixed VLBA stations ⓘ |
| arraySize | one of ten antennas in the VLBA ⓘ |
| contributesTo | milliarcsecond-scale radio imaging ⓘ |
| coordinateSystemRole | reference point for VLBI geodesy networks ⓘ |
| correlatedAt | VLBA correlator facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataRecordedAt | local recording system for VLBA correlation ⓘ |
| frequencyRange | centimeter-wavelength radio frequencies ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
St. Croix
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkRole | easternmost VLBA station in the Caribbean region ⓘ |
| observes |
radio continuum sources
ⓘ
spectral line emission ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Radio Astronomy Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Science Foundation-supported facility (via NRAO) ⓘ |
| partOf | Very Long Baseline Array NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesBaseline | Caribbean baseline for the VLBA ⓘ |
| scientificPurpose |
measurement of black hole jets
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measurement of proper motions and parallaxes ⓘ study of compact radio sources ⓘ |
| telescopeType | parabolic dish radio antenna ⓘ |
| usedFor |
astrometry
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geodetic measurements ⓘ high angular resolution radio astronomy ⓘ imaging active galactic nuclei ⓘ observations of masers ⓘ observations of quasars ⓘ very long baseline interferometry ⓘ |
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