VLBA First Fringes, 1989

Paul Rhodes and Dewey Ross study first fringes with the Kitt Peak VLBA antenna. In early 1989, Kitt Peak AZ, the second of the VLBA antenna sites, had been outfitted, and first light was observed on 21 February. First fringes, at 6 cm, were obtained on 9 March 1989 with the Pie Town NM VLBA antenna and the VLA.

Records of the NRAO

Still Image

VLBA-KP_firstfringes_Rhodes-Ross_9mar89.jpg

1989-03-09

Photographs Series

VLBA Unit