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June 28, 2010 Wider Bandwidths and a New 12m Antenna will keep
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is the technique used to combine
signals from radio telescopes separated by distances that can span different continents, or even reach between the Earth and an orbiting To assist Arecibo VLBI operations, a new 12-m antenna from Patriot Ltd. has recently been installed on a hill directly overlooking the observatory gatehouse.б From this hill top, some 800 meters from the center of the 305-m telescope, this 12-m dish will have a clear view of almost the whole "sky" down to its 5 degree elevation limit. Its surface is capable of supporting operations up to the 10-GHz limit of the 305-m dish -- and then some! However, for the foreseeable future the plan is for it to operate between 1 and 10 GHz, starting with receivers at 2.5 and The prime motivation for investing in this small telescope lies in the area of "phase-referenced VLBI" for very high resolution astronomical imaging of faint sources, in which the 305-m telescope is expected to slew between a given As well as its usage as a "reference antenna" along with the 305-m, the 12-m antenna can itself stand in for the 305-m telescope in VLBI work on the stronger radio sources.б Especially, theб design of this fast-slewing 12-m dish makes it highly attractive for geodetic VLBI observations used to measure the rotation parameters of the Earth, continental drift, etc.б It will also be possible to connect the signals from this small telescope to Arecibo's existing signal processors, opening up its use as a stand-alone telescope for education, outreach and a range of single-dish research projects. In addition to the acquisition of the 12-m antenna, and to keep in step with the rest of "World VLBI", Arecibo is presently upgrading its VLBI instrumentation. Recent developments in digital data acquisition systems and disk recorders will allow the 305-m dish to contribute its full receiving band of 1 GHz to VLBI endeavors in the near future. |
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