Meteor Over Alma Telescopes is a photograph by Christoph Malin/european Southern Observatory/science Photo Library which was uploaded on October 4th, 2018.
Meteor Over Alma Telescopes
Meteor over ALMA telescopes. Time-lapse image of a streak of light in the night sky (lower left) as a meteor burns up in the atmosphere, as seen over... more
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Meteor Over Alma Telescopes
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Christoph Malin/european Southern Observatory/science Photo Library
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Meteor over ALMA telescopes. Time-lapse image of a streak of light in the night sky (lower left) as a meteor burns up in the atmosphere, as seen over radio telescope antennas from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). The star Spica and the planet Mars are at lower centre. The ALMA array is on the Chajnantor Plateau, at an altitude of 5000 metres in the Chilean Andes. The large antennas have a diameter of 12 metres, while 12 smaller antennas with a diameter of 7 metres make up the ALMA Compact Array (ACA). Data from the separate antennas is combined by interferometry, making it one of the most powerful telescopes in the world. The array was inaugurated in 2013. Photographed in April 2014.
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October 4th, 2018
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