ALMA moves!

ALMA is one of the largest ground-based astronomy projects of the next decade. It will be comprised of some sixty-four 12-meter, submillimeter-quality antennas at the high-altitude (5000 m) Llano de Chajnantor, possibly the world's best site for millimeter astronomy, close to San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile.

This video clip shows a new impressive animation of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) during which the sixty-four 12-m antennas turn in different directions. To begin with, the "camera" is located near the base of one of the antenna units, with a view through the "antenna forest". It moves along several of the units, and then in a sweeping upward curve to a final view of the entire array as it may look like in its compact configuration.

Credit:

ESO

About the Video

Id:eso9945a
Release date:7 October 1999
Related releases:eso9945
Duration:01 m 15 s
Frame rate:30 fps

About the Object

Name:Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:ALMA

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