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Mighty metal
The mighty metallic panels that comprise the dish of this 12-metre Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) antenna glisten in the sunlight in this stunning shot from the Chajnantor Plateau.
These metallic panels create a large reflecting surface that plays the same role as the mirror of an optical telescope: it collects radiation coming from distant astronomical objects, and focuses it into a detector that measures the radiation.
Crédit:ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com)
À propos de l'image
| Identification: | dsc1292-cc |
| Type: | Photographique |
| Date de publication: | 28 octobre 2015 10:36 |
| Taille: | 6016 x 4016 px |
À propos de l'objet
| Nom: | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Catégorie: | ALMA |
