Radio Astronomy. Episode 18, Active Galactic Nuclei and the VLA
(2019, original release: 2017)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6726038
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

The need for a new generation of radio interferometers to untangle extragalactic radio sources led to the development of the Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico. With its twenty-seven radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration, it gives both high sensitivity and high angular resolution. The VLA provided a deeper and clearer look at galaxies than ever before, and the results were astonishing

Film

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Felix J. Lockman

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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