Alma Observatory (IMAGE)

KU Leuven

Alma Observatory

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ALMA is the world's largest observatory at millimetre wavelengths. It is installed on the high-altitude plateau of Chajnantor in the Atacama desert (Chile). It consists of 66 individual radio antennas used jointly to synthesize a giant virtual telescope of 16 km in diameter.

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© ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

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