Antenna pad construction work on Chajnantor, in front of an ALMA antenna

Workers construct the pad for one of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) antennas on the Chajnantor plain of the Chilean Andes, 5000 m above sea level. ALMA is the largest ground-based astronomy project in existence, and will be comprised of a giant array of 12-m submillimetre quality antennas, with baselines of several kilometres. An additional, compact array of 7-m and 12-m antennas will complement the main array. Construction of ALMA started in 2003 and will be completed in 2012. The ALMA project is an international collaboration between Europe, East Asia and North America in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.

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Iztok Bončina/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

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Id:ib-alma17
Typ:Fotografický
Datum zveřejnění:6. dubna 2010 16:08
Velikost:3702 x 2550 px

O objektu

Jméno:Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Typ:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Kategorie:ALMA

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