VLBA antenna at Mauna Kea, Hawaii
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The VLBA antenna at Mauna Kea, Hawaii is one of the ten radio telescopes in the Very Long Baseline Array, situated at a high-altitude site on the Big Island to provide exceptional radio astronomy observations with long-baseline interferometry.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
VLBA station
ⓘ
radio telescope ⓘ |
| altitude | high-altitude site ⓘ |
| arrayBaselineRole | westernmost VLBA station in the United States ⓘ |
| benefitOfLocation |
long baselines to mainland VLBA antennas
ⓘ
reduced atmospheric absorption at radio wavelengths ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
high angular resolution imaging
ⓘ
long-baseline coverage of VLBA ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataSentTo | VLBA correlator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataUsedBy | astronomers worldwide ⓘ |
| environment | dry high-altitude volcanic site ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | equatorial coordinate system (for pointing) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hawaii
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mauna Kea NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | Hawaii (island) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkRole | one of ten VLBA antennas ⓘ |
| observes |
active galactic nuclei
ⓘ
extragalactic radio sources ⓘ masers ⓘ pulsars ⓘ quasars ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
NRAO
NERFINISHED
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Associated Universities, Inc. (through NRAO) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
VLBA Hawaii station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Very Long Baseline Array NERFINISHED ⓘ continental-scale interferometer ⓘ global VLBI networks (via coordination) ⓘ |
| scientificGoal |
determination of parallaxes
ⓘ
mapping of the Milky Way structure ⓘ measurement of proper motions ⓘ study of relativistic jets ⓘ |
| supports |
multi-frequency VLBI observations
ⓘ
phase-referenced VLBI ⓘ polarization measurements ⓘ |
| telescopeType | parabolic dish antenna ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VLBI observations
ⓘ
astrometry ⓘ geodesy ⓘ imaging of compact radio sources ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ very long baseline interferometry ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | radio wavelengths ⓘ |
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