Telescope · United States (Hawaii)
Submillimeter Array
Also known as SMA
Observatories
Imagery
Ghostly Boomerang
The Boomerang nebula, called the coldest place in the universe, reveals its true shape to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ALMA telescope.
2013
NRAO/AUI/NSF/NASA/STScI/JPL-Caltech · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
The Submillimeter Array is an eight-antenna interferometer on Mauna Kea operated by the Smithsonian and Taiwan's ASIAA.
Observing bands
Knowledge connections
- Part ofMauna Kea Observatories
- ObservesSubmillimeter
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.