One of Many
This deceptive image captures a seemingly isolated antenna in a lonely desert. In reality, however, this is a European antenna which forms part of the largest millimetre/submillimetre array of antennas in the world. This antenna actually boasts 49 siblings, all hidden from view. These 50 12-metre antennas constitute the aptly-named Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, situated in Chile’s Atacama Desert at 5000 metres above sea level. Alongside these 50 antennas are yet more siblings — a compact array of four 12-metre and twelve 7-metre antennas joins this main array, bringing ALMA’s total antenna count to 66.
Credit:ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
About the Image
Id: | antenna-alone-alma |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 4 February 2021, 15:39 |
Size: | 5464 x 3070 px |
About the Object
Name: | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | ALMA |