European VLBI Network

European VLBI Network
The first e-VLBI science image produced by the European VLBI Network
Alternative namesEVN Edit this at Wikidata
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Websitewww.evlbi.org Edit this at Wikidata
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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.

The EVN operates an open-sky policy, allowing anyone to propose an observation using the network[1]

  1. ^ "Using the EVN | EVLBI". www.evlbi.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.