Owens Valley Radio Observatory - Instruments

Instruments

  • The Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) is a 23-antenna interferometer located at Cedar Flat in Westgard Pass, approximately 13 km (8.1 mi) east of the main OVRO site at 2,196 m (7,205 ft). It incorporates dishes from the MMA, the former Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association array at Hat Creek Radio Observatory, and the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich Array.
  • The OVRO 40 meter Telescope was built in 1968 and is currently used to monitor blazars.
  • The C-Band All Sky Survey (C-BASS) is a 6.1 m (20 ft) telescope being used to survey the sky in the c-band in support of cosmic background radiation research. A unique feature of the telescope is the use of radio-transparent foam to support the secondary mirror. The telescope began operating in 2009.
  • The Korean Solar Radio Burst Locator (KSRBL) is a 2.1 m (6.9 ft) radio telescope that is designed to detect and locate radio bursts on the Sun. It is operating as prototype at OVRO, and when it begins routine operations it will be moved to the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), which funded its development.

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