e-VLBI Very-long-baseline interferometry
image of source irc+10420. lower resolution image on left image taken uk s merlin array , shows shell of maser emission produced expanding shell of gas diameter 200 times of solar system. shell of gas ejected supergiant star (10 times mass of our sun) @ centre of emission 900 years ago. corresponding evn e-vlbi image (right) shows finer structure of masers because of higher resolution of vlbi array.
vlbi has traditionally operated recording signal @ each telescope on magnetic tapes or disks, , shipping correlation center replay. recently, has become possible connect vlbi radio telescopes in close real-time, while still employing local time references of vlbi technique, in technique known e-vlbi. in europe, 6 radio telescopes of european vlbi network (evn) connected gigabit per second links via national research networks , pan-european research network geant2, , first astronomical experiments using new technique conducted in 2011.
the image right shows first science produced european vlbi network using e-vlbi. data 6 telescopes processed in real time @ european data processing centre @ jive. netherlands academic research network surfnet provides 6 x 1 gbit/s connectivity between jive , geant2 network.
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