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ALMA Opens Its Eyes
The most powerful millimeter/submillimeter-wavelength telescope in the world opens for business and reveals its first image.
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ALMA, an astronomical observatory committed to local development.
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Closing the loop for ALMA
Three antennas working in unison open new bright year for revolutionary observatory
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ALMA telescope reaches new heights
One of the antennas is carried for the first time to the 5000m plateau of Chajnantor
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ALMA Telescope passes major milestone with successful antenna link
Two antennas are linked together as an integrated system to observe an astronomical object for the first time
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First North American antenna enables next phase in ALMA
Astronomers celebrated today the formal acceptance of the first North American antenna by the Joint ALMA Observatory. ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, is a gathering armada of short-wavelength radio telescopes whose combined power will enable astronomers to probe with unprecedented sharpness phenomena and regions that are beyond the reach of visible-light telescopes. The observatory is being assembled high in the Chilean Andes by a global partnership between East Asia, Europe and North America in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.
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ALMA observatory equipped with its first antenna
High in the Atacama region in northern Chile, one of the world’s most advanced telescopes has just passed a major milestone. The first of many state-of-the-art antennas has just been handed over to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) project. ALMA is under construction on the Plateau of Chajnantor, at an altitude of 5000 m. The telescope is being built by a global partnership between East Asia, Europe and North America, in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.
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First move of antenna in ALMA
One of the nine antennas that have arrived in ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) was moved last July 8th by using one of the two antenna transporters specially designed to carry the radio astronomy antennas.
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World-wide effort bringing ALMA telescope into reality
In the thin, dry air of northern Chile's Atacama Desert, at an altitude of 5,000 meters, an amazing new telescope system is taking shape, on schedule to provide the world's astronomers with unprecedented views of the origins of stars, galaxies, and planets. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) will open an entirely new "window" on the Universe, allowing scientists to unravel longstanding and important astronomical mysteries.
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