In the array
These are just some of the 66 antennas that form ALMA. Each antenna measures 7 or 12 metres in diameter and weighs about 100 tonnes. There are two custom-built vehicles called the ALMA transporters, which can move the giant antennas and position them with millimetric precision.
Credit:I. Nakamura/ESO
About the Video
| Id: | alma-array-uhd16 |
| Release date: | 25 January 2019, 11:47 |
| Duration: | 15 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility |
| Category: | ALMA |
