The VLBI space observatory programme and the radio-astronomical satellite HALCA

被引:94
作者
Hirabayashi, H
Hirosawa, H
Kobayashi, H
Murata, Y
Asaki, Y
Avruch, IM
Edwards, PG
Fomalont, EB
Ichikawa, T
Kii, T
Okayasu, R
Wajima, K
Inoue, M
Kawaguchi, N
Chikada, Y
Bushimata, T
Fujisawa, K
Horiuchi, S
Kameno, S
Miyai, T
Shibata, KM
Shen, ZQ
Uemoto, T
Kasuga, T
Nakajima, J
Takahashi, Y
Enome, S
Morimoto, M
Ellis, J
Meier, DL
Murphy, DW
Preston, RA
Smith, JG
Wietfeldt, RD
Benson, JM
Claussen, MJ
Flatters, C
Moellenbrock, GA
Romney, JD
Ulvestad, JS
Langston, GI
Minter, AH
D'Addario, LR
Dewdney, PE
Dougherty, SM
Jauncey, DL
Lovell, JEJ
Tingay, SJ
Tzioumis, AK
Taylor, AR
机构
[1] Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan
[2] Natl Astron Observ, Mitaka, Tokyo 1818588, Japan
[3] Hosei Univ, Dept Syst & Control Engn, Koganei, Tokyo 1848584, Japan
[4] Commun Res Labs, Kashima, Ibaraki 3140012, Japan
[5] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
[6] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Socorro, NM 87801 USA
[7] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Green Bank, WV 24944 USA
[8] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[9] Natl Res Council Canada, Herzberg Inst Astrophys, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
[10] Domin Radio Astrophys Observ, Penticton, BC V2A 6K3, Canada
[11] Australia Telescope Natl Facil, Epping, NSW 2122, Australia
[12] Univ Calgary, Dept Phys & Astron, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
[13] York Univ, Ctr Res Earth & Space Technol, N York, ON M3J 3K1, Canada
[14] VLBI Europe, Joint Inst, NL-7991 PD Dwingeloo, Netherlands
[15] Chalmers, Onsala Space Observ, S-43992 Onsala, Sweden
[16] PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Ctr Astro Space, Moscow 117810, Russia
[17] Kanagawa Univ, Dept English, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2218686, Japan
关键词
space vehicles : instruments; techniques : interferometric; radio continuum : galaxies;
D O I
10.1093/pasj/52.6.955
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The radio astronomy satellite HALCA was launched by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in 1997 February to participate in Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations with arrays of ground radio telescopes. HALCA is the main element of the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP), a complex international endeavor involving over 25 ground radio telescopes, five tracking stations and three correlators. Simultaneous observations with HALCA's 8 meter diameter radio telescope and ground radio telescopes synthesize a radio telescope over twice the size of the Earth, enabling the highest resolution 1.6 GHz and 5 GHz images to be made.
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页码:955 / 965
页数:11
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