Very Large Array or VLA - Radio telescopes near Socorro - New Mexico - USA - A component of the NRAO

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Very Large Array or VLA - Radio telescopes near Socorro - New Mexico - USA - A component of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) - The array studies various astronomical objects including planets - suns - radio galaxies - quasars - pulsars - supernova remnants - gamma ray bursts - radio-emitting stars - astrophysical masers - black holes - Milky Way - and external galaxies - Consists of 27 independent antennas - The AOC or Array Operations Center is located on the campus of the New Mexico Institute of Technology which also serves as the control center for the VLBA or Very Long Baseline Array located from Hawaii to the US Virgin Islands

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