Owens Valley Radio Observatory
| Alternative names | OVRO |
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| Organization | |
| Location | Owens Valley, California, Pacific States Region |
| Coordinates | 37°14′02″N 118°16′55″W / 37.2339°N 118.282°W |
| Altitude | 1,222 m (4,009 ft) |
| Established | 1958 |
| Website | www |
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Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) is a radio astronomy observatory located near Big Pine, California (US) in Owens Valley. It lies east of the Sierra Nevada, approximately 350 kilometers (220 miles) north of Los Angeles and 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Bishop. It was established in 1956, and is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The Owens Valley Solar Array portion of the observatory has been operated by New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) since 1997.
One of the ten dish-antenna radiotelescope systems of the Very Long Baseline Array is located on a sublease within the Owens Valley observatory.