Prospects for a new VLBI antenna at the island of Madeira

Pedro Augusto (1), Roy S. Booth (2), Richard J. Davis (3) and Gavril Grueff (4)

(1) Universidade da Madeira, Departamento de Matemática, Caminho da Penteada, 9000 Funchal, Portugal
(2) Onsala Space Observatory, 43992 Onsala, Sweden
(3) University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL, UK
(4) Istituto di Radio Astronomia/CNR, Via Gobetti 100, I-40100 Bologna, Italy

A telescope at the island of Madeira (Portugal) is a great opportunity to dramatically increase the quality of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations, those of the European VLBI Network, in particular. It would allow the closing of an old infamous 'mid-Atlantic gap' that exists in current VLBI observations. We have selected three good sites for more detailed local studies. In one of these a new radio telescope will be built.

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Reference:	Augusto P., 2000, "Site 2000" IAU Technical Workshop - Astronomical Site Evaluation in the Visible and Radio Range - 13-17 November 2000, Marrakech, Morocco
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