By continuing to use this website, you are giving consent to our use of cookies.
For more information on how ESO uses data and how you can disable cookies, please view our privacy policy.

Hitching a lift with an ALMA transporter

The ability to reposition its antennas is part of what makes the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) such a powerful telescope. ALMA uses two of these enormous transporters, which have been named Otto and Lore. The twin vehicles are 20 metres long, 10 metres wide and 6 metres high, and each has 28 tyres.

Credit:

ESO

About the Image

Id:cimg1475-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:22 April 2014, 18:17
Size:4000 x 3000 px

About the Object

Name:Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:ALMA

Image Formats

Large JPEG
2.5 MB
Screensize JPEG
248.1 KB

Zoomable


Wallpapers

1024x768
240.3 KB
1280x1024
392.4 KB
1600x1200
548.0 KB
1920x1200
609.8 KB
2048x1536
856.1 KB