APEX image calendar, December 2010 — Chajnantor at sunrise
A very cold sunrise at the APEX Telescope after a snowstorm on the Chajnantor plateau in Chile's Atacama region. APEX looks at the cold, dusty, and distant Universe, often difficult to observe with other types of telescopes.
Credit:F. MacAuliffe/ESO/APEX (MPIfR/ESO/OSO)
About the Image
Id: | p9040028_cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 10 March 2010, 10:24 |
Size: | 1600 x 1200 px |
About the Object
Name: | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | APEX |