very large array

Japanese: very large array(英語表記)verylargearray
very large array

...For solar observation, there are 1.8cm, 3cm, and 8cm wavelength interferometers at the Nobeyama Solar Radio Observatory of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory and the Nagoya University Research Institute of Atmospherics. The VLA (short for very large array) of the National Astronomical Observatory of the United States is currently the largest radio interferometer in the world. It is an aperture synthesis type radio interferometer that moves 27 25m diameter antennas on a Y-shaped rail with a side length of about 20km, and boasts an excellent resolution of 0.1 arc seconds. ...

From [Radio Telescope]

...Aperture synthesis requires high-speed processing of even larger amounts of information (Figure).
[VLA]
The most advanced and largest aperture synthesis radio interferometer in the world is the VLA (Very Large Array) at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory of the United States. At an altitude of 2000m, a rail 21km long on each side is laid out in a Y shape, along which 27 parabolic antennas with a diameter of 25m are arranged.

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Japanese:

…太陽観測用としては,東京天文台野辺山太陽電波観測所および名古屋大学空電研究所に波長1.8cm,3cm,8cmの干渉計がある。アメリカ国立天文台のVLA(very large arrayの略)は,現在世界でもっとも規模の大きい電波干渉計である。口径25mのアンテナ27基を1辺が約20kmのY字型レール上を移動させる開口合成型の電波干渉計で,0.1秒角の優れた分解能を誇っている。…

【電波望遠鏡】より

…開口合成型の場合はさらに大量情報の高速処理を必要とする(図)。
[VLA]
 最新鋭かつ世界最大の開口合成電波干渉計は,アメリカ国立電波天文台のVLA(very large arrayの略)である。標高2000mの高地に,1辺21kmのレールをY字形に敷き,これに沿って直径25mのパラボラを27基配置している。…

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