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National Radio Astronomy Observatory

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a United States National Science Foundation facility operated by Associated Universities, Inc. It develops and operates major radio-astronomy capabilities, including the Very Large Array and Very Long Baseline Array, and supports open scientific use, instrumentation, data processing, and education.

National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Very Large Array antenna near Socorro, New Mexico, photographed by Cap'n Refsmmat and published via Wikimedia Commons; official institution identity: National Radio Astronomy Observatory (https://public.nrao.edu/) · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0), as documented on the Wikimedia Commons file page (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Very_large_array_antenna.jpg). The photographer released the photograph under CC BY-SA 3.0; attribution and the license link are retained, and the image is used unmodified for factual identification of the Very Large Array capability operated by NRAO, without implying endorsement. · Source

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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Description
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a United States National Science Foundation facility operated by Associated Universities, Inc. It develops and operates major radio-astronomy capabilities, including the Very Large Array and Very Long Baseline Array, and supports open scientific use, instrumentation, data processing, and education.
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https://public.nrao.edu/

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July 28, 2026 at 02:25:15 UTC
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August 22, 2026 at 07:19:50 UTC
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