The Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) is one of the largest university-operated radio observatories in the world. Known by locals as 'The Big Ears', the observatory is located near Bishop, California, approximately 250 miles north of Los Angeles on the east side of the Sierra Nevada. For reference, its coordinates are 37:14:02N latitude, 118:16:56W longitude at 1222 meters above sea level.