ALMA

Overview

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is a set of 66 antennas at 5,000 metres in the Atacama Desert, studying cold gas and dust.

Observing bands

Knowledge connections

• StudiesM87*
• Operated byEuropean Southern Observatory
• Operated byNational Radio Astronomy Observatory
• Operated byNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan
• Located atAtacama Desert
• ObservesMillimeter
• ObservesSubmillimeter
• Discovery facility forThe First Image of a Black Hole
• Associated withRadio Interferometry
• Associated withAperture Synthesis
• Associated withMolecular Clouds
• Associated withProtoplanetary Disks
• Associated withCarbon Monoxide
• Associated withPlanet-Formation Chemistry
• Associated withCASA

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• ESOEuropean Southern Observatory

  Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).