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APEX - Reaching new heights in submillimetre astronomy

Astronomy Cmarchesin found this 7/1/2009 on eso.org

The APEX Telescope ESO operates the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope, APEX, at the highest observatory site on Earth, at an elevation of 5100 metres, high on the Chajnantor plateau in Chile's Atacama region. APEX is a 12-metre diameter telescope, operating at millimetre and submillimetre ...