European VLBI Network

The European VLBI Network (EVN) is a network of radio telescopes located primarily in Europe and Asia, with additional antennas in South Africa and Puerto Rico, which performs very high angular resolution observations of cosmic radio sources using very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI). The EVN is the most sensitive VLBI array in the world, and the only one capable of real-time observations. The Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) acts as the central organisation in the EVN, providing both scientific user support and a correlator facility. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) achieves ultra-high angular resolution and is a multi-disciplinary technique used in astronomy, geodesy and astrometry.

European VLBI Network
The first e-VLBI science image produced by the European VLBI Network
Alternative namesEVN
Websitewww.evlbi.org
Telescopes
  • Cambridge MERLIN telescope
  • Medicina 32-m radio telescope
  • Metsahovi 14m radio telescope
  • Nanshan Radio Telescope
  • Noto 32-m radio telescope
  • Onsala Space Observatory 20 m telescope
  • Onsala Space Observatory 25 m telescope
  • Sheshan 25m radio telescope
  • ToruĊ„ RT4
  • Wettzell 20m radio telescope
  • Arecibo Telescope
  • Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
  • Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
  • Lovell Telescope
  • Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex
  • Mark II
  • Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope
  • Yebes Observatory RT40m 
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The EVN operates an open-sky policy, allowing anyone to propose an observation using the network

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