I-Melika yaseMexico ine-sky ecacileyo, ebumnyama eyenza ibe yindawo enhle yokuqwalasela i-astronomical. Iimbonakalo zombuso ziquka iimbonakalo ezibonakalayo kunye neetelesiko kunye nemiboniso yomsakazo ebona izinto ezibonakalayo kwiqondo elide.
Ukuba unomdla ekuboneni izinto esibhakabhakeni sasebusuku, akufanele ukhangele ngaphaya kwe- observer kwi-University of New Mexico campus . Ukuqhutywa yiSebe leFiziki kunye neNkwenkwezi, i-observatory inikeza i-telescope enkulu yokujonga, ngokufanelekileyo entliziyweni yesixeko.
I-Observatory ye-UNM ine-14 ye-Meade ye-telescope kunye noLwesihlanu ubusuku ngexesha lokuwa kunye neentsuku ze-spring emva kwemozulu ecacileyo, ukubukela kuyafumaneka. ukuba uncede ukucacisa oko kusemkhathini kwaye uphendule imibuzo. I-Observatory yinto enomdla-yentsapho engenakho ukufumana inzuzo. Yifumane kwiYale Blvd. amabini ebhloko ngasentla kweLomas.
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Ukuhamba kwezantsi kwe-Albuquerque eSocorro, i- Large Large Array (VLA) inikezela iindwendwe ithuba lokubona indlela i-telescopes ye-rediyo isebenza ngayo. Ngenxa yokuba amagagasi omsakazo ankulu kakhulu, iindidi ezininzi zokutya zibekwe kwiindawo zase-San Agustin ukuze zibabambe. Izitya zikwimizila yomzila wezitrotho kwaye ziyakwazi ukuhanjiswa kwiinkqubo ezahlukeneyo, ezibizwa ngokuba yi-arrays, ezivumela ukuhlolisiswa kwamazulu. I-telescopes zi-telescopes ezingama-27 x 25m eziyingxenye ye-National Radio Astronomy Observatories (NRAO).
Ama-antenna angama-27 anomathotholo adibanisa ngekhompyutha ukuze anike isisombululo se-antenna engama-36km (iilii-22) ngaphesheya. Ishedyuli yoqwalaselo lwe-VLA ikuvumela ukuba wazi ukuba i-antenna iya kutshintshwa, kwaye yintoni ekuqwalaselweni. Ukutyelela kwenzeka ngoMgqibelo wokuqala wenyanga, ukususela ngo-11 ukuya ku-3 ntambama. Emva kokuma ngaphakathi kwelinye izitya ze-antenna, ndiyakwazi ukufaka ubungakanani bento eyenzekayo kwi-VLA.
Ukutyelela ukuba unako. I-VLA i malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50 entshonalanga yeSocorro.
I-Long Wavelength Array (LWA) ikwaseSocorro. I-LWA yi-telescope yomsakazo ophantsi-ntlawulo ovelisa imifanekiso echanekileyo kwi-radio frequency eyayiyindawo engabonakaliyo yombane we-electromagnetic spectrum. Ifumane kufuphi ne-VLA, inokwakheka kwezitishi eNew Mexico kwaye mhlawumbi ngaphaya kwayo.
Ukongezelela kwezantsi kwiSigramento ezintabeni uya kufumana amanqaku amaninzi. Into eyaziwayo kakhulu yi-National Solar Observatory, (NSO) ifunyenwe kwi-Sunspot, ephezulu kwintaba ye-Alamagordo, eNew Mexico. I-Dunn Solar Telescope (i-DST) yama-60 intshi (DST) isebenzisa inqanaba elikhanyayo lezulu elifunyenwe entabeni, evumela ukubukwa kwelanga enkulu. I-DST inesisombululo esihle kwaye ibonakalise ubunzima beengcambu ze-Sun. I-NSO ivuliwe ngexesha losuku kubavakashi. Kukho iindwendwe ezithethwa ngabatye ngexesha. Ulyelelo olubonakalayo lufumaneka. Ngethuba ngexesha lokugcina, jonga ixesha lokubona iZiko leMvakatjhi, kwaye ufunde malunga nendlela izazi zeenkwenkwezi zihlolisisa ngayo indawo kunye nemiboniso enzulu. Kuyonwaba ukubona i-Armillary Sphere ne-Sundial, ebonisa ubudlelwane bomhlaba nezulu.
Kunokwenzeka ukutyelela i-telescopes kunye nezibonelelo kwi-Apache Point Observatory kunye neetereksiphu kunye nemiboniso kwi-NSO. I-Apache Point ilungile kumnyango weNSO. I-Apache Point ine-telescope yemitha ye-3.5-meter, i-New Mexico State University i-1.0 yemitha yombane, kunye ne-Sloan Foundation 2.5 ye-telescope yamitha, esetyenziselwa iSeran Digital Sky Survey, ebonisa imephu yendalo yonke. I-sloan iye yakha iimephu ezicacileyo ezintathu-dimensional one-third of the sky. I-Apache Point iqulethe ne-astrophysical Research Consortium ye-3.5-meter-telescope.
I-Melika yaseMexico iyindawo ebalulekileyo yeetelesiko zeentlobo ezahlukeneyo kwaye inezinye iimboniso ezikhokelayo kwintsimi yeenkwenkwezi.