APEX seen from above
APEX is a radio telescope over 5000m above sea level in the Atacama desert, in northern Chile. The main dish has a diameter of 12m and consists of 264 aluminium panels. This image was taken by the Wings for Science project.
Credit:Clem & Adri Bacri-Normier (wingsforscience.com)/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | wings-science_980 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 5 April 2013, 11:54 |
| Related science announcements: | sciann13019 |
| Size: | 5760 x 3840 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | APEX |
