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Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT)

Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Latitude & Longitude: 52.915604, 6.601882
Views: 126   Posted By: bmeyer2 (05/08/2008)
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bmeyer2 (05/08/2008)

The WSRT is an "aperture synthesis interferometer", using a linear array of 14 antennas. Some of the antennas are fixed while others are moveable along rails. The WSRT can be used for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations by combining it with other telescopes in the European VLBI network.

See the following Wikipedia entries for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerbork_Synthesis_Radio_Telescope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_synthesis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferometer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Long_Baseline_Interferometry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_VLBI_Network

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