Description: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a federally funded research and development center of the United States National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. for the purpose of radio astronomy. NRAO designs, builds, and operates its own high-sensitivity radio telescopes for use by scientists around the world. Socorro, New Mexico The Very Large Array (VLA), an array of 27 dish antennas The NRAO's facility in Socorro is the Pete Domenici Array Operations Center (AOC). Located on the New Mexico Tech university campus, the AOC serves as the headquarters for the Very Large Array (VLA), which was the setting for the 1997 movie Contact, and is also the control center for the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). The ten VLBA telescopes are in Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and eight other sites across the continental United States. Three postcards in excellent condition. Info taken from the cards: One dish antenna frames the barn at the old Bruton cow camp. In the cord with the red transporter, the 100ton transporter lifts itself and a 210 ton antenna with three hydraulic jacks. Nine antennas lined up in the third card track a radio source across the sky they study stars, planets, the Milky Way and the most distant galaxies. Thank you kindly for your interest in my listing and happy holidays.
Price: 8 USD
Location: El Paso, Texas
End Time: 2025-01-09T21:49:11.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0.73 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Postcard Lot
Number of Items in Set: 1
Continent: North America
Era: Photochrome (1939-Now)
Size: Continental (6 x 4 in)
Country: United States
Region: New Mexico
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Radio
