View of the SIMBA instrument

The SIMBA instrument - with the cover removed - in the SEST electronics laboratory. The 37 antenna horns to the right, each of which produces one picture element (pixel) of the combined image. The bolometer elements are located behind the horns. The cylindrical aluminium foil covered unit is the cooler that keeps SIMBA at extremely low temperature (-272.85 °C, or only 0.3 deg above the absolute zero) when it is mounted in the telescope.

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ESO

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Identification:eso0131d
Type:Photographique
Date de publication:30 août 2001
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0131
Taille:876 x 699 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:SIMBA
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Catégorie:La Silla

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