APEX image calendar, September 2010 — Chajnantor from above
A far-off view of APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope, located at 5100 metres above sea level on the Chajnantor plateau in Chile's Atacama region. APEX is the largest submillimetre-wavelength telescope operating in the southern hemisphere, observing the cold and distant Universe for astronomers.
Credit:A. Lundgren/ESO/APEX (MPIfR/ESO/OSO)
About the Image
Id: | dsc_4359b_cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 9 March 2010, 18:34 |
Size: | 1504 x 1000 px |
About the Object
Name: | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | APEX |