A smaller array
This 360 degree panorama image shows the Chajnantor Plateau, located at an altitude of 5000 meters in the Chilean Andes, where the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is located. Shown here are the 12 smaller antennas, each with a diameter of 7 metres, that make up the ALMA Compact Array (ACA).On the horizon, behind the antennas, the peaks of Cerro Chajnantor, Cerro Toco, and Juriques are visible.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | aca-lifter-pano3 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 16 July 2013, 10:59 |
Size: | 5806 x 1820 px |
Field of View: | 280 x 100 |
About the Object
Name: | ALMA Compact Array, Panorama |
Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | • ALMA |
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