Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array is a research institute in Socorro, New Mexico. Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array is situated nearby to the work of art Shiva:Shiwana, as well as near the clock Bracewell Radio Sundial.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Very Large Array and Bracewell Radio Sundial.
Very Large Array
Photo: Hajor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array 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 west of Socorro. Very Large Array is situated 840 feet east of Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array.
Bracewell Radio Sundial
Clock
Photo: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bracewell Radio Sundial is a clock, which is situated 1,500 feet south of Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array.
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
- Type: Research institute
- Also known as: “Very Large Array” and “VLA”
- Categories: observatory and education
- Location: Socorro, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.07782° or 34° 4′ 40″ northLongitude
-107.6211° or 107° 37′ 16″ westOperator
National Radio Astronomy ObservatoryNamed after
Q319212Open location code
856J39HH+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 436143104OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=research_instituteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatory
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