BBC Focus Magazine

[M Paul Lloyd]

Very Large Array telescope in public call for new name.
Hell and I've just got used to calling it the VLA!!??

By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News
One of the world's most famous radio telescope facilities needs a new name - and ideas are wanted.
The Very Large Array (VLA) is a bank of radio telescopes in New Mexico, US, and has appeared in a number of films including Contact and Independence Day.
The array has been undergoing a radical upgrade of its electronics since 2001.
To celebrate the project's finish, the observatory that runs the array wants to rename it - and is asking the public to submit ideas.
The contest, found at namethearray.org, is open until 1 December and the winner will be announced at the American Astronomical Society conference in January.

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