APEX image calendar, May 2010 — APEX antenna at 5,104 m

The antenna of APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope, looms over the hills of the Chajnantor plateau in Chile's Atacama region, approximately 5,100 metres above sea level. APEX is the largest submillimetre-wavelength telescope operating in the southern hemisphere, observing the cold and distant Universe for astronomers.

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M. Cárdenas/ESO/APEX (MPIfR/ESO/OSO)

Über das Bild

ID:emerging_antenna_2253x1690_cc
Typ:Fotografisch
Veröffentlichungsdatum:10. März 2010 10:24
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Über das Objekt

Name:Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
Typ:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Kategorie:APEX

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