Moving giants
One of the giant dishes of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) travels along a path through the Atacama Desert, carried by one of the ALMA transporters, two custom-built vehicles capable of moving and repositioning the 100-tonne antennas with millimetric precision. Being able to move the dishes and rearrange them within the array gives ALMA a powerful "zoom" feature. It also means the dishes can be transported to the Operations Support Facility (OSF) to undergo maintenance when required.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | 140616_ALMA_66_07-CC |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 14 May 2019, 11:00 |
Size: | 4000 x 3000 px |
About the Object
Name: | ALMA transporters |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | ALMA |
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