ALMA radio telescope
Radiotelescopio ALMA
- Date
- 2011-2014 · confidence high
- Place
- Chajnantor Plateau, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
- Credited to
- ESO, NRAO/NSF and NAOJ (international consortium)
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What it is
An interferometer of 66 antennas at 5,000 m altitude observing at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths. It obtained images of protoplanetary discs such as HL Tauri (2014).
First scientific observations were in 2011 and the official inauguration in March 2013.
What it led to
- Images of planet-forming discs
- Observations of distant galaxies and organic molecules
- The Event Horizon Telescope network (2019)