The New 12-Meter (39-Foot) Antenna at the Koke'e Park Geophysical Observatory (IMAGE)

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The New 12-Meter (39-Foot) Antenna at the Koke'e Park Geophysical Observatory

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The new 12-meter (39-foot) antenna at the Koke'e Park Geophysical Observatory in Hawaii achieved 'first light' - its first time observing radio sources as a single dish -- and its first interferometric fringes in early Feb. 2016.

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Credits: MIT Haystack Observatory/Ganesh Rajagopalan

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