Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Impressive. You need lots of capture area to get a usable signal to noise ratio, and this place has got it! -Peter On Wednesday, October 21, 2015, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > Just outside Socorro, New Mexico, is the Very Large Array. We were lucky > that they were in the "D" configuration. That means the 27 radiotelescopes > were bunched close together around the visitors center. This is when they > are looking for lower resolution overall structure images. The "A" > configuration is when they are spread out with each arm being 13 miles. > You would get to see very few of them close enough to the visitors center > to > photograph. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f15/nm/VLA-6679.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/nebeeo5 > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f15/nm/VLA-6682.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/peppnvq > > > > More info: http://www.vla.nrao.edu/ > > > > And just down the road is a nice campground, where I found a couple from > Switzerland enjoying the stars by a campfire. > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f15/nm/Datil+Wells+Campground-6709-Edi > t.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/q3j9fan > > View Large > > Comments welcome. > > > > Aram > > > > > > Aram Langhans > > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >