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Very large array or VLA is one of the modern radio telescope arrays. It consists of 25 27-meter dishes. The antennae can be moved along the arms of a Y-shaped pattern, allowing interferometry with maximum baseline of 36 kilometers. The highest angular resultion that can be reached is about 0.05 arcseconds.

VLA is located in New Mexico.

External links

http://www.vla.nrao.edu/ (http://www.vla.nrao.edu/) - VLA homepage

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