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The APEX radiotelescope

author: S.Brunier/Novapix

reference: o-cha01-01002

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm

View of the APEX (Atacama Pathfinder Experiment ) 12-m telescope located on the 5100 meters high Chajnantor plateau in Atacama Desert, Chile. It is a modified ALMA prototype antenna and is designed to work at sub-millimetre wavelengths.

Keywords for this photo:

2006 - ALMA - ANDES - APEX - ASTRONOMY - ATACAMA - CHAJNANTOR - CHILE - MILLIMETER - OBSERVATORY - RADIO - RADIOTELESCOPE - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE -