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ALMA's extreme makeover: the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade

This video summarises the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade, an extensive update to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a telescope in which ESO is a partner. This "extreme makeover" promises to be a gamechanger in astronomy. Watch the video to find out more about it.

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ESO

Editing: M. Kornmesser
Written by: B. Ferreira
Animations & footage: ESO, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, B. Tafreshi (twanight.org), P. Horálek, C. Malin (christophmalin.com), L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, Digitized Sky Survey 2, ESA/Hubble, RadioAstron, De Gasperin et al., Kim et al., EHT Collaboration, S. Otarola, AAS/Öberg et al., PHANGS, F. Combes, A. Fujii, Zheng (JHU), M. Postman (STScI), the CLASH Team, Hashimoto et al., Rizzo et al., G. Siringo, N. Tabilo, S. Facchini et al., AISAA, R. Sahai, S. P. S. Eyres, W. M. Keck Observatory, L. Young, A. Duro, General Dynamics C4 Systems.
Music: Videvo
Narration: G. Mackenzie/voicearchive
Scientific consultants: M. Lyubenova, J. C. Muñoz Mateos, M. Díaz Trigo, E. Humphreys, M. Zwaan, G. H. Tan
Web and technical support: G. Bazin and R. Yumi Shida

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