APEX at Chajnantor
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) 12-m telescope works at sub-millimetre wavelengths, in the 0.2 to 1.5 mm range. It is located on the 5100 m high Chajnantor plateau in the Atacama Desert (Chile), probably the driest place on Earth. APEX is the pathfinder to the ALMA project. In fact, it is a modified ALMA prototype antenna and is located at the future site of the ALMA observatory.
Credit:
ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
| Id: | esopia00093sites |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:18 |
| Size: | 4368 x 2912 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope • X - APEX |
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