Interferometry technique
Radio Interferometry
Linking many radio dishes so that they act together as one telescope as large as their separation, giving radio astronomy its sharpest images. Arrays like the VLA and ALMA correlate the signals from every pair of antennas to reconstruct the sky.
Highlights
- ›Many dishes acting as one telescope the size of their spread
Facilities, methods & instruments
Used across the frontier
Knowledge connections
- Associated withNext Generation Very Large Array
- Associated withInterferometry
- Associated withVery Large Array
- Associated withALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array)
- Associated withRadio
- Associated withAperture Synthesis
- Associated withVery Long Baseline Interferometry
- Associated withCASA
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).