Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) Series
Description
This series includes materials gathered by Paul A. Vanden Bout between October 1983 and January 1984 when he served as chair of the Advisory Committee on Site Selection for the Operations Center of NRAO's Very Long Baseline Array. The Committee met on 14 November and on 12 December 1983, and heard presentations from proponents of Charlottesville VA, Tucson AZ, and Socorro or Albuquerque NM. Materials include Committee correspondence, notes on presentations to the Committee, letters from university administrators, politicians, and members of the astronomical community, information packets on the three locations under consideration, and the final report of the Committee. At the time he chaired the Committee, Dr. Vanden Bout was a member of the astronomy faculty at the University of Texas, Austin.
Creator
Papers of Paul A. Vanden Bout
Relation
Other materials on the VLBA may be found in the Records of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the Papers of Marshall Cohen, the Papers of Kenneth I. Kellermann, and the Papers of A. Richard Thompson.
Type
Text
Start Date
1983
End Date
1984
Notes
0.5 linear feet
Size of Item
0.5 linear feet
Collection
Citation
Papers of Paul A. Vanden Bout, “Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) Series,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed April 18, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/30877.