Owens Valley Radio Observatory

Owens Valley Radio Observatory
Alternative names	OVRO
Organization	California Institute of Technology; New Jersey Institute of Technology ;
Location	Owens Valley, California, Pacific States Region
Coordinates	37°14′02″N 118°16′55″W / 37.2339°N 118.282°W
Altitude	1,222 m (4,009 ft)
Established	1958
Website	www.ovro.caltech.edu
Telescopes	Long Wavelength Array; OVRO 40 meter Telescope; Owens Valley Solar Array ;
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Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) is a radio astronomy observatory located near Big Pine, California (US) in Owens Valley. It lies east of the Sierra Nevada, approximately 350 kilometers (220 mi) north of Los Angeles and 20 kilometers (12 mi) southeast of Bishop. It was established in 1956, and is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The Owens Valley Solar Array portion of the observatory has been operated by New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) since 1997.^[1]

One of the ten dish-antenna radiotelescope systems of the Very Long Baseline Array is located on a sublease within the Owens Valley observatory.