Owens Valley Radio Observatory

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astronomical observatory radio observatory

Owens Valley Radio Observatory is a major radio astronomy facility in California used for observing celestial radio sources and conducting astrophysical research.

Aliases (2)

Owens Valley Millimeter Array ×1
Owens Valley Solar Array ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory → radio observatory →
affiliation	Caltech →
altitude	approximately 1222 meters →
country	United States →
established	1950s →
foundedBy	Caltech →
fundedBy	NASA → National Science Foundation →
hasArrayConfiguration	interferometric array →
hasCollaboration	Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope blazar monitoring program → Long Wavelength Array collaboration →
hasCoordinateSystem	equatorial coordinates →
hasDish	27-meter radio telescope → 40-meter radio telescope →
hasFacility	control building → correlator building → support laboratories →
hasInstrument	Long Wavelength Array station → Owens Valley Millimeter Array → Owens Valley Solar Array → interferometer antennas →
hasWebsite	https://www.ovro.caltech.edu/ →
locatedIn	California → Inyo County, California NERFINISHED → Owens Valley →
locatedNear	Big Pine, California → Bishop, California →
observes	celestial radio sources →
operator	California Institute of Technology →
ownedBy	California Institute of Technology →
partOf	Caltech Astronomy Department →
primaryUse	astrophysical research → radio astronomy →
researchField	cosmic microwave background → cosmology → galaxy evolution → solar physics → star formation → transient radio sources →
skyCoverage	northern sky →
usedFor	monitoring active galactic nuclei → monitoring blazars → solar radio observations → time-domain astronomy → very long baseline interferometry →
wavelengthRange	radio →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Owens Valley Radio Observatory ("Owens Valley Solar Array") → Owens Valley Radio Observatory ("Owens Valley Millimeter Array") →	hasInstrument
Owens Valley →	hasFacility