ALMA in frosty monochrome
ALMA — the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array — resides high up in Chile's arid and inhospitable Atacama desert region, where it observes the Universe at wavelengths in between the infra-red and radio regions of the spectrum. This enables it to see the cold Universe, objects only a few degrees above absolute zero, allowing astronomers to observe some of the earliest and most distant galaxies in the Universe. The black-and-white gives the antennae and sky a frosty appearance.
Credit:S. Seip/ESO
About the Image
Id: | alma-seip4-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 2 September 2016, 11:26 |
Size: | 4000 x 2509 px |
About the Object
Name: | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | ALMA |
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