APEX telescope Sees First Light at Chajnantor
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) is a new technology 12-m telescope, located on the 5,100m high Chajnantor plateau in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The APEX telescope is designed to work at sub-millimetre wavelengths, in the 0.2 to 1.5 mm range and will provide access to the "Cold Universe" with unprecedented sensitivity and image quality.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0522a |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 14 July 2005 |
| Related releases: | eso0522 |
| Size: | 3243 x 2376 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope • APEX |
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