This Addon includes models representing the radio telescopes of the Expanded Very Large Array on the Plains of St. Augustine in New Mexico. Once called the VLA, its official name changed when the telescopes and their electronics were upgraded starting in 2006. Completion is expected in 2012.
For more information about the telescope array, see http://science.nrao.edu/evla/
For more information about this Addon, please read the file EVLA_readme.txt
These URLs will take you to viewpoints near the telescopes. The Plains and thus the telescopes are at an altitude of more than 2km. Celestia draws the Earth with a radius corresponding to sea-level. As a result, the telescopes and the maps are drawn far above the surface of the Earth. This is intentional.
This Addon was developed primarily using information found on the VLA Web site at http://www.vla.nrao.edu/. Additional credits are listed in the file EVLA_readme.txt.
The accompanying Celestia catalog file, models, and documents are all Copyright © 2011 Selden Ball. All rights reserved. This Addon for Celestia may be freely distributed for educational use. Any commercial use requires explicit written permission from the author.
Selden Ball
April 18, 2011